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浮想联翩

fú xiǎng lián piān · to let one's imagination roam

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Simplified浮想联翩

Traditional浮想聯翩

Pinyinfú xiǎng lián piān

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

浮fú

to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless

想xiǎng

to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

联lián

ally, associate; to connect, to join

翩piān

to fly, to flutter

How to learn 浮想联翩

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Words with the same characters

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想xiǎng

to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

互联网hùliánwǎng

Internet

理想lǐxiǎng

an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

联系liánxì

connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch; variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]

梦想mèngxiǎng

(fig.) to dream of; dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)