胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
hú sī luàn xiǎng
Pinyin

Definition

胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
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hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. to let one's imagination run wild

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)
反思
fǎn sī
  1. 1 to think back over sth
  2. 2 to review
  3. 3 to revisit
  4. 4 to rethink
  5. 5 reflection
  6. 6 reassessment
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable

Sample Sentences

璐璐，你又胡思乱想了吧！我现在都不怎么出差了，每天在你眼皮底下，上哪儿偷腥去？
Lùlu ，nǐ yòu húsīluànxiǎng le ba ！wǒ xiànzài dōu bù zěnme chūchāi le ，měitiān zài nǐ yǎnpídǐxià ，shàng nǎr tōuxīng qù ？
Lulu, don’t let your imagination run wild! I haven’t been out on business at all these days. I’m right in front of you every day. Where would I ‘steal fish’ from?
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我说你不要胡思乱想了，快把菜洗了，我好做饭。
wǒ shuō nǐ bù yào húsīluànxiǎng le ，kuài bǎ cài xǐ le ，wǒ hǎo zuòfàn 。
I told you not to indulge in these crazy fantasies. Quick, finish cleaning the vegetables. I'll make dinner.
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