想像
xiǎngxiàngTraditional: 想像
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Translation
to imagine, imagination
Word origin
A compound of 想 (xiǎng, to think) and 像 (xiàng, image, likeness), together meaning to form an image in the mind, a variant writing of 想象.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 想 (xiǎng, to think) + 像 (xiàng, image)
Stroke order
想
像
Examples
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I cannot imagine that scene.
丰富。
Children have rich imaginations.
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Please imagine the city of the future.
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Things are more complicated than I imagined.
环。
She often imagines travelling around the world.
想像 (xiǎng xiàng) means to imagine or imagination. It is a common variant spelling of 想象, describing forming a picture of something in the mind.
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