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胡思乱想

hú sī luàn xiǎng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 胡思亂想

胡思乱想 (hú sī luàn xiǎng) means "to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 胡思乱想 means

1. idiomto indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild

The characters in 胡思乱想

• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)

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