想出
xiǎng chū
Pinyin

Definition

想出
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xiǎng chū
  1. to figure out
  2. to work out (a solution etc)
  3. to think up
  4. to come up with (an idea etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
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)
付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
伸出
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend

Idioms (20)

一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
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

Sample Sentences

想出来
xiǎngchūlai
to generate a thought/idea; a thought to come out of your head
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你的论文题目想出来了吗？
nǐ de lùnwén tímù xiǎngchūlai le ma ？
Have you come up with a topic for your thesis?
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想了很久）老师！我想出来了！
xiǎng le hěnjiǔ ）lǎoshī ！wǒ xiǎngchūlai le ！
(after contemplating for a long time) Teacher! I've got the answer!
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现在不是抱怨的时候。我们要想出方案。
xiànzài bùshì bàoyuàn de shíhou 。wǒmen yào xiǎngchū fāng\'àn 。
Now isn't the time to be complaining. We need to think of a plan.
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能想出这些点子来的人心该有多狠啊。从头到脚的刑具都给发明出来了。
néng xiǎngchū zhèxiē diǎnzi lái de rén xīn gāi yǒu duō hěn a 。cóngtóudàojiǎo de xíngjù dōu gěi fāmíng chūlái le 。
For someone to come up with ideas like these, they'd have to be really cruel. They've invented torture devices for every part of the body, from head to toe!
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到我们这把年纪，孩子就是全部。我不想跟别人接触，别人一提儿女我就忍不住伤心。逢年过节也不想出去，别人家是喜庆团圆，我们老两口却守着孩子的照片叹气，哎！
dào wǒmen zhè bǎ niánjì ，háizi jiùshì quánbù 。wǒ bù xiǎng gēn biérén jiēchù ，biérén yī tí érnǚ wǒ jiù rěnbuzhù shāngxīn 。féngniánguòjié yě bù xiǎng chūqù ，biérén jiā shì xǐqìng tuányuán ，wǒmen lǎoliǎngkǒu què shǒu zhe háizi de zhàopiàn tànqì ，ai ！
When you've reached my age, your children are everything. I don't want to come into contact with others; as soon as they bring up their children I can't contain my sadness. I don't like to go out during the holidays, either. Other families are celebrating joyous reunions while the two of us remain by the picture of our son sighing sadly. Ah!
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