非分之想 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a presumptuous desire; an aspiration beyond one's reach

Character by character

• 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
• 分fènto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to

Idioms sharing a character

• 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ
• 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
• 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
• 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
• 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
• 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi
• 挑拨是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi
• 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi
• 文过饰非 wén guò shì fēi
• 明辨是非 míng biàn shì fēi

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