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异想天开

yì xiǎng tiān kāi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 異想天開

异想天开 (yì xiǎng tiān kāi) means "to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 异想天开 means

1. idiomto imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy

The characters in 异想天开

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• “Tom受不了我了。”“胡说八道！你在异想天开！”
  "T om shòubùliǎo wǒ le.""húshuōbādào! nǐ zài yìxiǎngtiānkāi!"
  "Tom can't stand me." "Nonsense! You're just imagining things!"

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