胡思乱想 — Chinese idiom
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
Traditional: 胡思亂想
Meaning
- to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
Character by character
- 胡húrecklessly, foolishly; wildly
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 乱luànanarchy, chaos; revolt
- 想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to
Idioms sharing a character
- 胡作非为 hú zuò fēi wéi
- 胡天胡帝 hú tiān hú dì
- 胡搅蛮缠 hú jiǎo mán chán
- 胡编乱造 hú biān luàn zào
- 胡言乱语 hú yán luàn yǔ
- 胡诌八扯 hú zhōu bā chě
- 随口胡诌 suí kǒu hú zhōu
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
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