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理想

lǐ xiǎng

HSK 4 2-character word

What 理想 means

1. an ideal
2. a dream
3. ideal
4. perfect

The characters in 理想

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)

Example sentences

• 你是我的理想情人。
  Nǐ shì wǒ de lǐxiǎng qíngrén.
  You're the girl of my dreams.
• 他被证实是个理想丈夫。
  Tā bèi zhèngshí shì gè lǐxiǎng zhàngfu.
  He proved to be an ideal husband.
• 他表明自己是一个理想的丈夫。
  Tā biǎomíng zìjǐ shì yī gè lǐxiǎng de zhàngfu.
  He's making it clear that he's an ideal husband.

Words starting with 理想

• 理想主义lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yìidealism
• 理想化lǐ xiǎng huàto idealize
• 理想国lǐ xiǎng guóideal state; utopia

Words containing 理想

• 远大理想yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎnglofty ideal