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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

想像 [xiǎngxiàng]
  1. 1. verb imagine
  2. 2. noun imagination

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

想像 [xiǎngxiàng]
  1. 1. imagination; fantasy; vision
    完美无缺的人只存在于人们的想像之中。
    A flawless person exists only in imagination.
  2. 2. imagine; fancy; visualize
    想像不到的困难
    unimaginable difficulties

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

想像 [xiǎngxiàng]
  1. 1. 现在一般写作"想象"。
  2. 2. 全国科学技术名词审定委员会和国家语言文字工作委员会已确定"想象"为推荐词形。

Examples

离开了客观现实的想像就成为空想。
An imagination which is divorced from objective reality can only produce empty fantasies.
很难想像
it's hard to imagine
难以想像
unimaginable
整个地球可以想像为一块硕大无朋的磁石。
The earth may be thought of as a gigantic magnet.
想像不到的困难
unimaginable difficulties
小明也想像老师那样写出潇洒的草书飞白。
Xiao Ming wants to learn the feibai skill in the cursive hand of Chinese calligraphy from his teacher. Feibai: a style of calligraphy characterized by some hollow areas in a stroke.
我之前所想像的和实际情况有天渊之别。
What I thought previously is totally different from what reality presents.
小教工作其实并不如你想像得那么轻松。
The work of primary school teachers is not as simple as you think.
种姓制度所造成的影响是我们无法想像的。
It is impossible for us to imagine the effects of the caste system.

Collocations

不难想像
to be easy to imagine
展开想像
to imagine
想像的方法
the method of imagination
想像
imagination
大胆想像
a bold imagination
想像丰富
a wonderful imagination
想像不出
to be unable to imagine

Word Decomposition


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