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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

想起 [xiángqǐ]
  1. 1. remember; recollect; recall; think of; call to mind
    你想得起他的原话吗?
    Can you recall his exact words?
    这人很面熟,可就是想不起他的名字。
    He looks familiar to me, but I just can't think of his name.
    我比赛时想起教练的嘱咐。
    我难以想起他的容颜。

Examples

他触景生情,想起家乡,不觉泪下。
He was moved by the occasion to thoughts of home, and despite himself he began to weep. 触景生情
想起那可怕的情景,我浑身都起鸡皮疙瘩。
The thought of that horrible scene made my flesh crawl. 鸡皮疙瘩
蓦然想起
suddenly remember 蓦然
想起那天晚上,神不知鬼不觉地,他突然在她背后出现。
She recalled that evening when he had sprung up behind her as if from nowhere. 神不知鬼不觉
现在想起那件事,犹自叫人心惊肉跳。
Even to this day, I still shudder at the very thought of it. 犹自
我常想起小时候一起玩耍的伙伴。
想起了家里的老母,不禁泪流满面。
窗外想起了一阵啪嗒啪嗒的脚步声。 啪嗒
提到昆山,人们自然会想起遍布田野阡陌的乡镇企业。 阡陌
她时时会想起儿子小时候的样子。 时时

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