非分之想 — Chinese idiom
非分之想
fēi fèn zhī xiǎng
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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