想法 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) syn 觉 覺 jué to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware syn 思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 坦率 tǎn shuài frank (discussion) / blunt / open syn 挫折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue syn 脑筋 腦筋 nǎo jīn brains / mind / head / way of thinking syn 惦记 惦記 diàn jì to think of / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about syn 心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom) syn 直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward syn 不合时宜 不合時宜 bù hé shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion syn 随口 隨口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through syn 一厢情愿 一廂情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking 狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài (of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow / limited syn 直白 zhí bái to speak frankly / frank / open / blunt syn 通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed / clear / (of writing or thinking) coherent / fluent syn 信口开河 信口開河 xìn kǒu kāi hé to speak without thinking (idiom) / to blurt sth out syn 信口 xìn kǒu to blurt sth out / to open one's mouth without thinking syn 痴心妄想 癡心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking syn 顺口 順口 shùn kǒu to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) syn 心机 心機 xīn jī thinking / scheme syn 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 白日做梦 白日做夢 bái rì zuò mèng to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking syn 率直 shuài zhí frank / straightforward / blunt syn 耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn 思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn 心窍 心竅 xīn qiào the mind / capacity for clear thinking syn 巧思 qiǎo sī innovative thinking / ingenuity 囫囵吞枣 囫圇吞棗 hú lún tūn zǎo to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up syn 不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 儒家思想 rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school 一相情愿 一相情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking syn 抽象思维 抽象思維 chōu xiàng sī wéi abstract thought / logical thinking 望梅止渴 wàng méi zhǐ kě lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 钝 鈍 dùn blunt / stupid syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 艮 gěn blunt / tough / chewy syn 嘶 sī hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) syn 痴想 chī xiǎng to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream syn 顺嘴 順嘴 shùn zuǐ to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 记挂 jì guà (dialect) to keep thinking about (sth) / to have (sth) on one's mind syn 骾 gěng blunt / fish bones / unyielding 成败利钝 成敗利鈍 chéng bài lì dùn succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom) / advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some. syn 不入时宜 不入時宜 bù rù shí yí out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion 巴前算后 巴前算後 bā qián suàn hòu thinking and pondering (idiom) / to turn sth over in one's mind / to consider repeatedly 无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 胸有城府 xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ subtle way of thinking (idiom) / hard to fathom / deep and shrewd 冲口而出 衝口而出 chōng kǒu ér chū to blurt out without thinking (idiom) 见钱眼开 見錢眼開 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing syn 言为心声 言為心聲 yán wéi xīn shēng one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom) 惷 chǔn blunt / stupid / to wiggle (of worms) 浅露 淺露 qiǎn lù blunt / direct (i.e. not tactful) 顽钝 頑鈍 wán dùn blunt (instrument) / stupid / thick-headed syn 勚 勩 yì (literary) toilsome / laborious / (of an edge etc) worn out / blunt 直来直往 直來直往 zhí lái zhí wǎng blunt / outspoken 钝翅苇莺 鈍翅葦鶯 dùn chì wěi yīng (bird species of China) blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) 傲娇 傲嬌 ào jiāo (coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere") 直球 zhí qiú (baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct / frank / upfront / blunt 钝器 鈍器 dùn qì blunt instrument (used as a weapon) 合于时宜 合于時宜 hé yú shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion) 合时宜 合時宜 hé shí yí in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion) 善思 shàn sī thoughtfulness / wholesome thinking (Buddhism) 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) 封建思想 fēng jiàn sī xiǎng feudal way of thinking 炼之未定 煉之未定 liàn zhī wèi dìng to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision 牵记 牽記 qiān jì to feel anxious about sth / unable to stop thinking about sth / to miss 理路 lǐ lù logical thinking syn 脑子生锈 腦子生銹 nǎo zi shēng xiù lit. brains rusty / ossified thinking 误打误撞 誤打誤撞 wù dǎ wù zhuàng accidentally / to act before thinking 顺嘴儿 順嘴兒 shùn zuǐ r to read smoothly (of text) / to blurt out (without thinking) / to suit one's taste (of food) 侥幸心理 僥倖心理 jiǎo xìng xīn lǐ trusting to luck / wishful thinking 跳脱 跳脫 tiào tuō (Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc) / to move beyond / to transcend 世界思想日 World Thinking Day 信口胡说 信口胡說 xìn kǒu hú shuō to speak without thinking / to blurt sth out 花心思 huā xīn sī to think through / to invest effort in thinking about / to consider thoroughly 满嘴跑舌头 滿嘴跑舌頭 mǎn zuǐ pǎo shé tou to talk without thinking / to drivel 活人让尿憋死 活人讓尿憋死 huó rén ràng niào biē sǐ lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom) / fig. unable to solve a problem due to the inflexibility of one's thinking 治愚 zhì yú to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking 信口胡说 信口胡說 xìn kǒu - hú shuō to speak without thinking / to blurt sth out 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 记念 記念 jì nian to keep thinking of / to miss 