"Thoughts" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
 gǎn xiǎng impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
 xīn si mind / thoughts / inclination / mood
 xīn tóu heart / thoughts / mind
 xīn shēng thoughts / feelings / aspirations / heartfelt wishes / inner voice
 xīn jìn thoughts / what one has in one's heart
 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart
 biǎo bái to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession
 gǎn chù one's thoughts and feelings / emotional stirring / moved / touched
 suǒ xiǎng what one considers / one's thoughts
 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts
 xīn bù zài yān absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering
 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently
 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
 zá niàn distracting thoughts
 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)
 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts
 xīn fán yì luàn lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety
 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love
 biǎo lǐ the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
 kǔ sī to think hard / bitter thoughts / to pour out one's sufferings
 suí gǎn random thoughts / impressions
 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts
 xīn luàn rú má one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom) / confused / disconcerted / upset
 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
 pái qiǎn to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc) / to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
 Rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school
 āi sī grief-stricken thoughts / mourning
 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
 shēn móu yuǎn lu:4 lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom)
 zá gǎn random thoughts (a literary genre)
 dān jīng jié lu:4 to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
 xīn chí shén wǎng one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
 biǎo lǐ rú yī external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom) / to say what one means / to think and act as one
 kuài zuǐ unable to keep one's thoughts to oneself / blabbermouth / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 xiǎng de kāi to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
 fǎn gù to glance back / fig. to regret / to have second thoughts about sth
 zhì zhī nǎo hòu to banish from one's thoughts / to ignore / to take no notice
 fěi to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to
 dān jīng jí lu:4 to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
 sī cháo qǐ fú thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind
 miǎn kāi zūn kǒu keep your thoughts to yourself
 yōu rán shén wǎng thoughts wandering far away
 shài kè person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet
 yuān lu:4 profound thoughts or ideas
 liú tí extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit
 qǐ sī beautiful thoughts (in writing)
 yǎ jiào (hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion).
 yǒu sè wú dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action
 xūn xīn (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts
 fàn dí gu to hesitate / to have second thoughts / to be concerned / to brood (over sth) / to complain
OS O S (in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience
 bù fěi bù fā a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom)
 suí xiǎng random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
 lǐ qīng to disentangle (wiring etc) / (fig.) to clarify (one's thoughts etc)
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