门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful / to take care syn 意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 思想 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn 着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] syn 念头 念頭 niàn tou thought / idea / intention syn 思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn 用心 yòng xīn motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful syn 迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn 观念 觀念 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn 留心 liú xīn to be careful / to pay attention to syn 思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn 思绪 思緒 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling syn 慎重 shèn zhòng cautious / careful / prudent syn 意念 yì niàn idea / thought syn 浮现 浮現 fú xiàn (of a thought or image) to come to mind / (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face) / (of a problem etc) to emerge syn 细心 細心 xì xīn meticulous / careful / attentive syn 留神 liú shén to take care / to be careful syn 深思熟虑 深思熟慮 shēn sī shú lǜ mature reflection / after careful deliberations syn 小心谨慎 小心謹慎 xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn cautious and timid (idiom) / prudent / careful syn 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant / to produce offspring / to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc) / fig. replete with (culture etc) 细致 細緻 xì zhì delicate / fine / careful / meticulous / painstaking syn 严谨 嚴謹 yán jǐn rigorous / strict / careful / (of writing) well organized / meticulous syn 周密 zhōu mì careful / thorough / meticulous / dense / impenetrable syn 发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn 婆婆妈妈 婆婆媽媽 pó po mā mā effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin syn 贸然 貿然 mào rán rashly / hastily / without careful consideration syn 谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought / unexpectedly syn 精细 精細 jīng xì fine / meticulous / careful syn 文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing syn 倡导 倡導 chàng dǎo to advocate / to initiate / to propose / to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought) syn 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 学派 學派 xué pài school of thought 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 缜密 縝密 zhěn mì meticulous / careful / deliberate / delicate / fine (texture) syn 发人深省 發人深省 fā rén shēn xǐng to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking syn 奋不顾身 奮不顧身 fèn bù gù shēn to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / undaunted by dangers / regardless of perils syn 老到 lǎo dao experienced and careful syn 精打细算 精打細算 jīng dǎ xì suàn meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) syn 置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard syn 出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn 心路 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas 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 鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn 细密 細密 xì mì fine (texture) / meticulous / careful / detailed syn 心细 心細 xīn xì careful / scrupulous syn 顾全 顧全 gù quán to give careful consideration to / to display thoughtfulness towards syn 精神 jīng shén spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 毛泽东思想 毛澤東思想 máo zé dōng sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought) 政治思想 zhèng zhì sī xiǎng political thought / ideology 回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought) 隽永 雋永 juàn yǒng meaningful / thought-provoking / significant syn 百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC 耐看 nài kàn able to withstand careful appreciation / well worth a second look 诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 孰料 shú liào who would have thought? / who could have imagined? / unexpectedly 绵密 綿密 mián mì detailed / meticulous / fine and careful syn 思想体系 思想體系 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology 发人深思 發人深思 fā rén shēn sī (idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought syn 妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn 抽象思维 抽象思維 chōu xiàng sī wéi abstract thought / logical thinking 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully syn 浮想 fú xiǎng passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection 舍生忘死 捨生忘死 shě shēng wàng sǐ bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom) / risking life and limb / undaunted by perils syn 不苟 bù gǒu not lax / not casual / careful / conscientious 谨 謹 jǐn cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal) syn 毖 bì careful / to prevent syn 显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought 翼翼 yì yì (literary) cautious / careful 刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn 慝 tè evil thought 廑 jǐn careful / hut / variant of 僅|仅[jin3] 良苦用心 liáng kǔ yòng xīn to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth 过细 過細 guò xì extremely careful / meticulous / overattentive syn 诸子百家 諸子百家 zhū zǐ bǎi jiā the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC) 慎终追远 慎終追遠 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites 百思不解 bǎi sī bù jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought syn 仁心仁术 仁心仁術 rén xīn rén shù benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius) / charitable in thought and deed 千里寄鹅毛 千里寄鵝毛 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛 千里送鹅毛 千里送鵝毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it 千里鹅毛 千里鵝毛 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] syn 及时行乐 及時行樂 jí shí xíng lè to enjoy the present (idiom) / to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem 深谋远略 深謀遠略 shēn móu yuǎn lüè a well-thought out long-term strategy 用心良苦 yòng xīn liáng kǔ to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth 自立门户 自立門戶 zì lì mén hù to form one's own group or school of thought / to set up one's own business / to establish oneself 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. 礼轻情意重 禮輕情意重 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. 诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others 耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén - xún wèi (idiom) thought-provoking / to provide food for thought syn 劼 jié careful / diligent / firm 来者不善，善者不来 來者不善，善者不來 lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts! 