穷思苦想 (窮思苦想)
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Pinyin
Definition
穷思苦想 (窮思苦想)
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- to think hard (idiom)
- to give sth much thought
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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 to think back over sth
- 2 to review
- 3 to revisit
- 4 to rethink
- 5 reflection
- 6 reassessment
- 1 to recall
- 2 to recollect
- 3 to think back
- 1 (fig.) to dream of
- 2 dream
- 1 to have the nerve
- 2 what a cheek!
- 3 to feel no shame
- 4 to overcome the shame
- 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
Idioms (20)
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
- 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
- 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
- 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
- 2 to fire from the hip
不胜其苦
- 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)