Chinese word dictionary

肖想

xiào xiǎng · (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])

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Simplified肖想

Traditional肖想

Pinyinxiào xiǎng

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Character breakdown

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肖xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

想xiǎng

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

How to learn 肖想

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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)

理想lǐxiǎng

an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

梦想mèngxiǎng

(fig.) to dream of; dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

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

生肖shēngxiào

one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac

思想sīxiǎng

thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]