想起
xiǎng qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

想起
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xiǎng qǐ
  1. to recall
  2. to think of
  3. to call to mind

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
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)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
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

你这么说，我倒想起小时候爸妈工作忙，晚上都是我小姑姑接我放学，做晚饭给我吃。虽然她最近老是嫌我老公不长进……
nǐ zhèmeshuō ，wǒ dào xiǎng qǐ xiǎo shíhou bàmā gōngzuò máng ，wǎnshang dōu shì wǒ xiǎo gūgu jiē wǒ fàngxué ，zuò wǎnfàn gěi wǒ chī 。suīrán tā zuìjìn lǎoshi to be bothered by wǒ lǎogōng bù zhǎngjìn ……
Now that you say that, I remember when I was young and my parents were busy with work, my auntie would pick me up in the evening after school and make dinner for me. Although now she's always saying how she dislikes that my husband isn't progressing so well...
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如果一行诗句可以代表一种诗派，我就愿举这行诗为象征诗派艺术的代表。每次念及，我不禁想起法国现代画家昂利·卢梭（Henri Rousseau）的杰作“沉睡的吉普赛人”。
rúguǒ yìháng shījù kěyǐ dàibiǎo yīzhǒng shī pài ，wǒ jiù yuàn jǔ zhè xíng shī wèi xiàngzhēng shī pài yìshù de dàibiǎo 。měicì niànjí ，wǒ bùjīn xiǎng qǐ Fǎguó xiàndài huàjiā Ánglì ·Lú Suō （Henri Rousseau ）de jiézuò “chénshuì de Jípǔsàirén ”。
If one line of poetry can represent a poetic movement, I would nominate this line to represent Symbolism. Each time I recite this line, I can't help but think of 'The Sleeping Gypsy', a masterpiece by contemporary French artist Henri Rousseau.
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所以有一阵子我每次看到我妹就会想起去年分手的情景...我从此以后再也不想跟情人节有什么关联了...
suǒyǐ yǒu yīzhènzi wǒ měicì kàndào wǒ mèi jiù huì xiǎng qǐ qùnián fēnshǒu de qíngjǐng ...wǒ cóngcǐ yǐhòu zàiyě bù xiǎng gēn qíngrénjié yǒu shénme guānlián le ...
So for a period of time every time I saw my little sister I would think back to the scene of the break-up... And from that time onward, I've wanted nothing to do with Valentine's Day.
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我与父亲不相见已二年余了，我最不能忘记的是他的背影。那年冬天，祖母死了，父亲的差使也交卸了，正是祸不单行的日子，我从北京到徐州，打算跟着父亲奔丧回家。到徐州见着父亲，看见满院狼藉的东西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼泪。父亲说，“事已如此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路！”
wǒ yǔ fùqin bù xiāngjiàn yǐ èr nián yú le ，wǒ zuì bù néng wàngjì de shì tā de bèiyǐng 。nànián dōngtiān ，zǔmǔ sǐ le ，fùqin de chāishi yě jiāoxiè le ，zhèngshì huòbùdānxíng de rìzi ，wǒ cóng Běijīng dào Xúzhōu ，dǎsuàn gēn zhe fùqin bēnsāng huíjiā 。dào Xúzhōu jiàn zhe fùqin ，kànjiàn mǎnyuàn lángjí de dōngxi ，yòu xiǎng qǐ zǔmǔ ，bùjīn sùsù de liú xià yǎnlèi 。fùqin shuō ，“shì yǐ rúcǐ ，búbì nánguò ，hǎozài tiānwújuérénzhīlù ！”
It's been over two years since I last saw my father and the picture that has been burned into my memory is the silhouette of his back. That winter, my grandmother passed away and my father was let off from his job. Those really were times where bad things came in pairs. I travelled from Beijing to Xu Zhou to meet up with my father, so that we could travel home together to attend the funeral. When I saw my father in Xu Zhou and the house in totally disarray, memories of my grandmother came flooding back. Tears stream down my face. My father said: "It is what is is. There's no need to be sad. There's always a way out."
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啊，我想起来了，最近欧洲有罢工潮，上个星期是法国，前两天是英国，妳也太”幸运”了，被你碰上。
ā ，wǒ xiǎng qilai le ，zuìjìn Ōuzhōu yǒu bàgōng cháo ，shàng ge xīngqī shì Fǎguó ，qiánliǎngtiān shì Yīngguó ，nǐ yě tài ”xìngyùn ”le ，bèi nǐ pèngshàng 。
Ah yes, I recall now. Haven't there been a string of European strikes recently. Last week it was France, then over the last two days there were strikes in the UK. You really do have all the "luck", getting to be there for it.
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1.看到这对卿卿我我的小情侣，她不由得想起自己的前男友。
.kàndào zhè duì qīngqīngwǒwǒ de xiǎo qínglǚ ，tā bùyóude xiǎngqǐ zìjǐ de qiánnányǒu 。
Seeing this loving couple, she could not help but think of her ex-boyfriend.
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我突然想起明天要考试，我完全没有复习，真是晴天霹雳呀！
wǒ tūrán xiǎngqǐ míngtiān yào kǎoshì ，wǒ wánquán méiyǒu fùxí ，zhēnshi qíngtiānpīlì ya ！
I just remembered that we have an exam tomorrow. I haven’t studied at all. It’s a bolt from the blue.
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有一晚，秦宇在打烊的时候突然想起，似乎一星期没见到女孩儿来买咖啡了。他心想：”大概是出去旅游了吧！”
yǒu yī wǎn ，qínyǔ zài dǎyàng de shíhou tūrán xiǎngqǐ ，sìhū yī xīngqī méi jiàndào nǚháiēr lái mǎi kāfēi le 。tā xīnxiǎng ：”dàgài shì chūqù lǚyóu le ba ！”
One night, when closing the shop, QinYu suddenly realised that it had been a week since the last time the girl bought a cup of coffee here. "Maybe she went traveling! ", he thought.
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