推想
tuī xiǎng
Pinyin
Definition
推想
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- to reckon
- to infer
- to imagine
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
互相推诿
- 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
- 2 passing the buck to and fro
- 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
冥思苦想
- 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
- 2 to rack one's brains
半推半就
- 1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 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
左思右想
- 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
- 2 to ponder