1 surname Ye

1 to think

2 to believe

3 to suppose

4 to wish

5 to want

6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)

1 perhaps

2 maybe

1 (fig.) to dream of

2 dream

1 delusion

2 fantasy

1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard

2 to rack one's brains

1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)

2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation

3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles

2 to ponder

1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future

2 to ponder over reasons and connection