胡 思 乱 想

húsī-luànxiǎng

“To indulge in flights of fancy” in Chinese is 胡思乱想.

Meaning

idiomto indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild

Example

计算机就跟比基尼一样，省去了人们许多的胡思乱想。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

húHSK 59 strokesnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia sīHSK 29 strokesto think luànHSK 37 strokesin confusion or disorder xiǎngHSK 113 strokesto think (about)

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