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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

名驰遐迩

míng chí xiá ěr

1 To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom)

左思右想

zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng

1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
2 to ponder

思前想后

sī qián xiǎng hòu

1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
2 to ponder over reasons and connection

Sample Sentences

我像平时一样上了班车找了个窗口座位坐下，掏出耳机正准备带上。不经意间，发现了在我前面，与我隔一个座位，坐着一个女孩。虽然是背对着我，但清秀的背影引起了我对她的无限遐想。特别是她那乌黑的头发和麻花辫，还有辫子末端的红头绳，非常别致脱俗。班车过了两站她就下车了。但这一路上，我睡意全无，连到站下车的时候还在揣测她的样貌。

wǒ xiàng píngshí yīyàng shàng le bānchē zhǎo le ge chuāngkǒu zuòwèi zuòxia ，tāochū ěrjī zhèng zhǔnbèi dàishang 。bùjīngyìjiān ，fāxiàn le zài wǒ qiánmian ，yǔ wǒ gé yī ge zuòwèi ，zuò zhe yī ge nǚhái 。suīrán shì bèiduì zhe wǒ ，dàn qīngxiù de bèiyǐng yǐnqǐ le wǒ duì tā de wúxiàn xiáxiǎng 。tèbié shì tā nà wūhēi de tóufa hé máhuābiàn ，háiyǒu biànzi mòduān de hóngtóushéng ，fēicháng biézhì tuōsú 。bānchē guò le liǎng zhàn tā jiù xiàchē le 。dàn zhè yīlùshàng ，wǒ shuìyìquánwú ，lián dàozhàn xiàchē de shíhou hái zài chuǎicè tā de yàngmào 。

I boarded the bus as usual and found a window seat. I sat down, got out my earphones and was getting ready to put them in. Then, suddenly, I realized there was a girl sitting one seat ahead of me. Even though I was sitting behind her, just the elegant view of her back was enough to draw me into an unending daydream. In particular, it was her raven-black hair. It was pulled back into a single braid with a red hair-tie fastened onto the end. It was so unique yet refined. After the bus had gone only two stops, she got off. That time around, I couldn't sleep at all. Until the very last stop I still was guessing at what she might look like.

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