左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
Pinyin

Definition

左思右想
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zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. to ponder

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
右
yòu
  1. 1 right (-hand)
  2. 2 the Right (politics)
  3. 3 west (old)
右边
yòu bian
  1. 1 right side
  2. 2 right, to the right
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
左
Zuǒ
  1. 1 surname Zuo
左右
zuǒ yòu
  1. 1 left and right
  2. 2 nearby
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 attendant
  5. 5 to control
  6. 6 to influence
左边
zuǒ bian
  1. 1 left
  2. 2 the left side
  3. 3 to the left of
幻想
huàn xiǎng
  1. 1 delusion
  2. 2 fantasy
心思
xīn si
  1. 1 mind
  2. 2 thoughts
  3. 3 inclination
  4. 4 mood
心想
xīn xiǎng
  1. 1 to think to oneself
  2. 2 to think
  3. 3 to assume
思
sī
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to consider
思念
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
思想
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
思维
sī wéi
  1. 1 (line of) thought
  2. 2 thinking
思绪
sī xù
  1. 1 train of thought
  2. 2 emotional state
  3. 3 mood
  4. 4 feeling
思考
sī kǎo
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
思议
sī yì
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to comprehend
想来
xiǎng lái
  1. 1 it may be assumed that

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
  1. 1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
  2. 2 unfathomable
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
  1. 1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
  1. 1 to be forever filial (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
  1. 1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
  1. 1 dilemma
  2. 2 quandary
  3. 3 Scylla and Charybdis
  4. 4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
  1. 1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

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