想像
xiǎng xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

想像
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xiǎng xiàng
  1. to imagine
  2. to conceive of
  3. to visualize
  4. imagination

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
偶像
ǒu xiàng
  1. 1 idol
像
xiàng
  1. 1 to resemble
  2. 2 to be like
  3. 3 to look as if
  4. 4 such as
  5. 5 appearance
  6. 6 image
  7. 7 portrait
  8. 8 image under a mapping (math.)
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
好像
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 as if
  2. 2 to seem like

Idioms (13)

冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
  1. 1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
  2. 2 to ponder over reasons and connection
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
  1. 1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild

Sample Sentences

时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。
shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。
As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.
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虽然没有什么科学上的明确证据，这个办法也还有很大的争议性，但是作为网路中文教学的先锋，我们相信，当学生感到放松，他们的直觉跟想像力会更活跃，更适合学习像中文这样充满视觉和音乐性的语言。
suīrán méiyǒu shénme kēxué shàng de míngquè zhèngjù ，zhè ge bànfǎ yě háiyǒu hěndà de zhēngyìxìng ，dànshì zuòwéi wǎnglù Zhōngwén jiàoxué de xiānfēng ，wǒmen xiāngxìn ，dāng xuésheng gǎndào fàngsōng ，tāmen de zhíjué gēn xiǎngxiànglì huì gèng huóyuè ，gèng shìhé xuéxí xiàng Zhōngwén zhèyàng chōngmǎn shìjué hé yīnyuèxìng de yǔyán 。
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这家酒馆还卖你想也想不到的精酿啤酒口味，有甘蔗、乌龙茶还有蜂蜜酪梨，光凭想像肯定难以理解，不过喝了你就知道，走，咱们买酒去！
zhè jiā jiǔguǎn hái mài nǐ xiǎng yě xiǎngbudào de jīngniàngpíjiǔ kǒuwèi ，yǒu gānzhe 、wūlóngchá háiyǒu fēngmì làolí ，guāng píng xiǎngxiàng kěndìng nányǐ lǐjiě ，bùguò hē le nǐ jiù zhīdào ，zǒu ，zánmen mǎi jiǔ qù ！
You can’t imagine the craft beer flavours this pub sells, such as sugar cane, Oolong tea and honey avocado. It’s hard to understand only imagining it, but you’ll get it when you drink it. Let’s go buy some drinks!
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像信息技术、生物技术、新材料技术，还有新能源技术，这些都是世界最前沿的科技，未来会有更多我们现在不敢想像的新鲜事物出现的。
xiàng xìnxījìshù 、shēngwùjìshù 、xīn cáiliào jìshù ，háiyǒu xīn néngyuán jìshù ，zhèxiē dōu shì shìjiè zuì qiányán de kējì ，wèilái huì yǒu gèng duō wǒmen xiànzài bùgǎn xiǎngxiàng de xīnxiān shìwù chūxiàn de 。
Like information technology, biotechnology, advanced materials technology and new energy resources are all cutting edge technology, in the future many things we don't dare imagine will likely appear.
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