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意想

Word · VerbTraditional臆想

imagine; suppose; fancy

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to imagine; to suppose; to fancy; to conjecture

Often implies subjective or unfounded imagination; can carry a connotation of groundless speculation. Commonly used in set phrases like 主观臆想 (subjective imagination) or 凭空臆想 (groundless fancy).

Bǐ比
sài赛
jié结
guǒ果
wán完
quán全
zài在
wǒ我
yì臆
xiǎng想
zhī之
zhōng中
 。

The match result was exactly as I had imagined.

Zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
zhǐ只
shì是
nǐ你
de的
zhǔ主
guān观
yì臆
xiǎng想
 ,
méi没
yǒu有
rèn任
hé何
shì事
shí实
gēn根
jù据
 。

This matter is just your subjective imagination, without any factual basis.

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Bié别
zhěng整
tiān天
píng凭
kōng空
yì臆
xiǎng想
nà那
xiē些
bù不
kě可
néng能
fā发
shēng生
de的
shì事
 。

Don't spend all day groundlessly imagining things that could never happen.

Wǒ我
yì臆
xiǎng想
bú不
dào到
tā他
jìng竟
rán然
huì会
zuò做
chū出
zhè这
zhǒng种
shì事
 。

I couldn't have imagined that he would actually do such a thing.