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幻想

huànxiǎng

to fantasize; fantasy, illusion

A child gazing at a cloud shaped like a castle
Memory picture

Characters in this word

幻 huàn

Strokes
4
Radical
幺 — tiny
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 幻

想 xiǎng

Strokes
13
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
相 mutual, reciprocal 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 科学幻想常常启发真实技术的发展,而不是毫无价值的空想。 Kēxué huànxiǎng chángcháng qǐfā zhēnshí jìshù de fāzhǎn, ér bú shì háo wú jiàzhí de kōngxiǎng. Science fantasy often inspires the development of real technology; it is not worthless daydreaming.
  • 小时候我常常幻想自己是一名宇航员。 Xiǎoshíhou wǒ chángcháng huànxiǎng zìjǐ shì yì míng yǔhángyuán. As a child I often fantasised about being an astronaut.
  • 别总幻想一夜之间发财,要一步一步努力。 Bié zǒng huànxiǎng yí yè zhījiān fācái, yào yí bù yí bù nǔlì. Don't keep fantasising about getting rich overnight; work step by step.

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