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妄想

wàng xiǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

妄想 (wàng xiǎng) means "to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 妄想 means

1. to attempt vainly
2. a vain attempt
3. delusion

The characters in 妄想

• 妄wàngabsurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)

Example sentences

• 你妄想。上床睡觉去！
  Nǐ wàngxiǎng. shàngchuáng shuìjiào qù!
  You're delusional. Go to bed!
• 真理就是真理， 就算反其道而行故意掩盖它，这样的企图和白日做梦一样，不过是妄想而已。
  The truth is the truth, even if you defy it and intentionally cover it up, it is still no different from daydreaming.

Words starting with 妄想

• 妄想狂wàng xiǎng kuángparanoia; megalomaniac
• 妄想症wàng xiǎng zhèngdelusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia

Words containing 妄想

• 痴心妄想chī xīn wàng xiǎngto be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion…

Where 妄想 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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