心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn 心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn 心思 xīn si mind / thoughts / inclination / mood syn 感想 gǎn xiǎng impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4] syn 心烦意乱 心煩意亂 xīn fán yì luàn lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety syn 心怀 心懷 xīn huái to harbor (thoughts) / to cherish / to entertain (illusions) syn 心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering syn 表白 biǎo bái to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession syn 感触 感觸 gǎn chù one's thoughts and feelings / emotional stirring / moved / touched syn 表里 表裡 biǎo lǐ the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently syn 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts syn 偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) syn 义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn 遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts 转念 轉念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of 表里如一 表裡如一 biǎo lǐ rú yī external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom) / to say what one means / to think and act as one syn 并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 哀思 āi sī grief-stricken thoughts / mourning 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains syn 快嘴 kuài zuǐ unable to keep one's thoughts to oneself / blabbermouth / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 想得开 想得開 xiǎng de kāi to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted syn 排遣 pái qiǎn to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc) / to dispel (negative thoughts etc) syn 殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 dān jīng jié lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 心驰神往 心馳神往 xīn chí shén wǎng one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated syn 春意 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love syn 苦思 kǔ sī to think hard / bitter thoughts / to pour out one's sufferings syn 遐思 xiá sī to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts syn 深谋远虑 深謀遠慮 shēn móu yuǎn lǜ lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom) syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 所想 suǒ xiǎng what one considers / one's thoughts 回神 huí shén to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked) / to snap out of it (after being lost in thought) 随感 隨感 suí gǎn random thoughts / impressions syn 心乱如麻 心亂如麻 xīn luàn rú má one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom) / confused / disconcerted / upset syn 儒家思想 rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school 心眼儿 心眼兒 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions syn 杂感 雜感 zá gǎn random thoughts (a literary genre) 积郁 積鬱 jī yù (of gloomy thoughts etc) to smolder / to accumulate in one's mind / accumulated anxiety 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 置之脑后 置之腦後 zhì zhī nǎo hòu to banish from one's thoughts / to ignore / to take no notice syn 悱 fěi to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to 反顾 反顧 fǎn gù to glance back / (fig.) to regret / to have second thoughts about sth syn 思潮起伏 sī cháo qǐ fú thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind syn 殚精极虑 殫精極慮 dān jīng jí lǜ to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned 游移不定 遊移不定 yóu yí bù dìng to oscillate without pause (idiom) / to fluctuate / (of thoughts) to wander / to waver 免开尊口 免開尊口 miǎn kāi zūn kǒu keep your thoughts to yourself syn 猴子偷桃 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls 稍嫌 shāo xián more than one would wish / somewhat / a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc) 心劲 心勁 xīn jìn thoughts / what one has in one's heart syn 悠然神往 yōu rán shén wǎng thoughts wandering far away 晒客 曬客 shài kè person who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet 渊虑 淵慮 yuān lǜ profound thoughts or ideas 留题 留題 liú tí extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit 绮思 綺思 qǐ sī beautiful thoughts (in writing) 雅教 yǎ jiào (hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion). 有色无胆 有色無膽 yǒu sè wú dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action 熏心 薰心 xūn xīn (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts 犯嘀咕 fàn dí gu to hesitate / to have second thoughts / to be concerned / to brood (over sth) / to complain syn OS O S (in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience 收束 shōu shù to constrict / to draw tight / to gather (one's thoughts) / to bring to a close / to pack (for a journey) syn 不悱不发 不悱不發 bù fěi bù fā a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom) 随想 隨想 suí xiǎng random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings syn 理清 lǐ qīng to disentangle (wiring etc) / (fig.) to clarify (one's thoughts etc) syn 嘴替 zuǐ tì (slang) sb who effectively articulates others' thoughts or feelings on their behalf 