imagination; to imagine
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Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesnoun
imagination (psychological process of creating new mental images from perceived materials)
Technical psychological term referring to the cognitive faculty.
Ér儿
tóng童
de的
xiǎng想
xiàng象
lì力
tōng通
cháng常
bǐ比
chéng成
rén人
gèng更
fēng丰
fù富
。
Children's imagination is usually richer than adults'.
Yì艺
shù术
chuàng创
zuò作
xū需
yào要
tū突
pò破
xiàn现
shí实
de的
xiǎng想
xiàng象
。
Artistic creation requires imagination that breaks through reality.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
xiǎng想
xiàng象
shì是
jī基
yú于
jì记
yì忆
cái材
liào料
de的
chóng重
xīn新
zǔ组
hé合
。
This kind of imagination is based on the recombination of memory materials.
verb
to imagine; to visualize; to conceive of (something not present)
Also written as 想像. Can be used with 不出/得到 to indicate inability/capability.
Bì闭
shàng上
yǎn眼
jing睛
，
xiǎng想
xiàng象
nǐ你
zhàn站
zài在
dà大
hǎi海
biān边
。
Close your eyes and imagine you are standing by the sea.
Nǐ你
néng能
xiǎng想
xiàng象
tā他
yǒu有
duō多
shēng生
qì气
ma吗
？
Can you imagine how angry he was?
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Hěn很
nán难
xiǎng想
xiàng象
méi没
yǒu有
hù互
lián联
wǎng网
de的
shēng生
huó活
。
It's hard to imagine life without the internet.
Wǒ我
xiǎng想
xiàng象
bu不
chū出
nà那
shì是
shén什
me么
qíng情
jǐng景
。
I can't imagine what that scene was like.