若有所思
ruò yǒu suǒ sī
Pinyin
Definition
若有所思
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- looking pensive
- thoughtfully
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to have
- 2 there is
- 3 there are
- 4 to exist
- 5 to be
- 1 haven't
- 2 hasn't
- 3 doesn't exist
- 4 to not have
- 5 to not be
- 1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
- 2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
- 1 the reason why
- 1 to have
- 2 to own
- 3 to hold
- 4 to occupy
- 5 to possess
- 6 to account for (a high proportion etc)
Idioms (20)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一无所知
- 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
- 2 without an inkling
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三思而后行
- 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
Sample Sentences
这个时候,禅师问青年人:“如果没有足够的柴,你应该怎样把水烧开?”青年人想了一会儿,摇了摇头。禅师接着说:“如果那样的话,就该把水壶里的水倒掉一些!”青年人若有所思地点了点头。
When this happened, the master said to the young man, 'If you don't have enough wood, how are you going to boil the water?' The young man thought for a while and shook his head. The master continued, 'In situations like this, just pour out some of the water!' Lost in thought, the young man nodded his head.