"Ideas" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
 chuàng xīn innovation / to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails
 kāi tōng to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing
 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself
 wù qū mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways
 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
 gāo zhāo wise move / masterstroke / bright ideas
 méi mù general facial appearance / features / arrangement / sequence of ideas / logic (of writing) / rough sketch or general idea of things
 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
 jiàn yán to make a suggestion / to state (one's views, ideas etc) / suggestion / advice / idea
 shāng què to discuss / to bring up various ideas for discussion
 chū móu huà cè to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1]
 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
 xīn sī xiǎng new ideas
 yū fǔ pedantic / trite / inflexible / adherence to old ideas
 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
 dá yì to express or convey one's ideas
 lǐ jiě lì ability to grasp ideas / understanding
 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
 zhòng shuō various ideas / diverse opinions
 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
 qiē cuō zhuó mó lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) / fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas
 xū jǐ yǐ tīng to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
 bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
 duì bǐ lián xiǎng word association / association of ideas
 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom) / blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
 sī xiǎng jiāo liú exchange of ideas
 tuī chén bù xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
 chūn qiū dà mèng grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom)
 yuān lu:4 profound thoughts or ideas
 fā xiǎng to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
 yǎn huà to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc) / to develop and change
广 jí ēn guǎng yì to pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome
 gé xīn néng shǒu person of new ideas / innovator
  Conference on Ideas of Tolerance in Central Asia and Early Prevention of Conflicts
  Ideas Data Bank
 tuō Yà rù Oū to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia
 nǎo dòng dà kāi imaginative / to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
 kāi nǎo dòng to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
 róng gěng (neologism c. 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative work in one's own work
 chū zhǔ yi to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
西 dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
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