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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

思想 [sīxiǎng]
  1. 1. noun [指有体系] thought
  2. 2. noun [念头] idea
    这些学生都很有自己的思想
    These students all have their own ideas.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

思想 [sīxiǎng]
  1. 1. thought; thinking; idea; ideology
    思想自由
    freedom of thought
    思想准备
    be mentally prepared
    思想内容好
    have good ideological content
    解除思想顾虑
    free one's mind of misgivings
    思想跟不上
    lag behind in one's understanding

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

思想 [sīxiǎng]
  1. 1. 想念
    思想起往事,潸然泪下。
  2. 2. 念头;想法
    有依赖思想
  3. 3. 客观存在反映在人的意识中经过思维活动产生的结果,属于理性认识。它具有相对独立性,对社会存在有反作用。正确的思想一旦为群众所掌握,就会变成巨大的物质力量
    改造思想
    思想觉悟。

Examples

孟子的思想与孔子的思想是一脉相承的。
Mencius' ideas have their origin in Confucius' thoughts.
希望你从思想上多给我帮助。
I hope you will give me as much help as you can to improve myself.
思想包袱
a load (or weight) on one's mind
保守思想
conservative ideas (or thinking)
暴露思想
lay bare one's thoughts
敞开思想
say what's in (or on) one's mind; get things off one's chest
创作思想
ideas guiding artistic or literary creation
错误思想
wrong thinking; a mistaken idea
思想单纯
pure in mind; unsophisticated
端正思想
correct one's thinking; straighten out one's ideas

Word Decomposition


[sī]
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[xiǎng]

nciku Note

思想 vs. 想法

思想 vs. 想法
sīxiǎng vs. xiǎngfǎ

Both 思想 and 想法 are the result of thinking. However, 思想 is the objective reality reflected in human consciousness as a result of the thought process; it is more abstract and is used in more formal writing. 想法 also stems from the thought process, but is not used for the abstract and is used in a casual tone.
(1) 这篇文章中蕴含着深刻的思想
(2) 这种封建思想是落后而愚昧的。

In the above examples, 想法 is not used.

(3) 你的这个想法很好。
(4) 这种想法很新颖。

思想 can also mean "some concrete thoughts," so sometimes it is interchangeable with 想法.
(5) 他这种不思进取的思想想法)令他最终吃尽了苦头。
(6) 有想法可以提,但不要背后议论。

“思想”、“想法”这两个名词都指思维活动的结果,但“思想”是指客观存在反应在人的意识中经过思维活动而产生的结果,较抽象和书面化。而“想法”是指人经过思索所得的结果,较具体,口语化。
在上两例中,不能用“想法”。
“思想”有时也可指较具体的思路,所以有时也可与“想法”互换。

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