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"system of thought" Chinese-English Dictionary

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思想体系 思想體系 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology
Chinese Pinyin Translation
耐人寻味 耐人尋味 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking / worth thinking over / to provide food for thought syn
发人深省 發人深省 fā rén shēn xǐng to provide food for thought (idiom) / thought-provoking syn
发人深思 發人深思 fā rén shēn sī (idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought 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)
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
反狙击手系统 反狙擊手系統 counter-sniper system / sniper-locating system / sniper-detection system / anti-sniper system
狙击手定位系统 狙擊手定位系統 counter-sniper system / sniper-locating system / sniper-detection system / anti-sniper system
金盾工程 jīn dùn gōng chéng Golden Shield Project, information system for censorship and surveillance, thought to include the Great Firewall of China 防火長城|防火长城[Fang2 huo3 Chang2 cheng2] as a component
等轴晶系 等軸晶系 děng zhóu jīng xì cubical system (crystallography) / crystal system based on cubic lattice / equiaxial crystal system
点火系统 點火繫統 diǎn huǒ xì tǒng triggering system / firing system / firing set / fusing system
欧洲账户体系 歐洲賬戶体系 ōu zhōu zhàng hù tǐ xì European System of Accounts / European System of Accounts 1995 / European System of National and Regional Accounts
欧洲国民和地区账户体系 歐洲國民和地區賬戶體系 European System of Accounts / European System of Accounts 1995 / European System of National and Regional Accounts
联合国薪金、津贴和福利共同制度 聯合國薪金、津貼和福利共同制度 United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
联合国共同制度 聯合國共同制度 lián hé guó gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
共同制度 gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
精神 jīng shén spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL:個|个[ge4] 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
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions syn
思维 思維 sī wéi (line of) thought / thinking syn
思路 sī lù line of thought / way of thinking syn
想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn
念头 念頭 niàn tou thought / idea / intention syn
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought / unexpectedly syn
思绪 思緒 sī xù train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling 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
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
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly / to be stunned / to be lost in thought syn
着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3] 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)
意念 yì niàn idea / thought syn
百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households
迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought) syn
流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn
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
出神 chū shén spellbound / entranced / lost in thought syn
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn
代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought)
学派 學派 xué pài school of thought
心路 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas syn
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
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
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)
鼻祖 bí zǔ the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) syn
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
邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn
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
文思 wén sī the train of thought in writing syn
意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn
孰料 shú liào who would have thought? / who could have imagined? / unexpectedly
置之度外 zhì zhī dù wài to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard syn
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
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
显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought
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
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
心眼大 xīn yǎn dà magnanimous / considerate / thoughtful / able to think of everything that needs to be thought of
七情 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
人无远虑，必有近忧 人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
刑名之学 刑名之學 xíng míng zhī xué xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4]
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
吕氏春秋 呂氏春秋 lǚ shì chūn qiū lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
怔神儿 怔神兒 zhēng shén r lost in thought / in a daze
思之心痛 sī zhī xīn tòng a thought that causes heartache (idiom)
思想素质 思想素質 sī xiǎng sù zhì quality of thought (in ideological education)
流别 流別 liú bié branch (of a river) / school (of thought)
熟虑 熟慮 shú lǜ careful thought
疏阔 疏闊 shū kuò inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered
百花齐放，百家争鸣 百花齊放，百家爭鳴 bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
礼轻人意重 禮輕人意重 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
突发奇想 突發奇想 tū fā qí xiǎng suddenly have a thought (idiom) / suddenly be inspired to do something
符箓 符籙 fú lù (Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers
良苦用心 liáng kǔ yòng xīn to ponder earnestly / to give a lot of thought to sth
茶饭不思 茶飯不思 chá fàn bù sī no thought for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite
萨克洛夫奖 薩克洛夫獎 sà kè luò fū jiǎng Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament annually since 1988
萨哈罗夫奖 薩哈羅夫獎 sà hǎ luó fū jiǎng Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (awarded by EU since 1988)
邃密 suì mì deep / profound / abstruse and full (of thought)
闪念 閃念 shǎn niàn sudden idea / flash of thought
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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