异
想
天
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To imagine the wildest thing in Chinese: 异想天开 (yì xiǎng tiān kāi)

yì xiǎng tiān kāi

to imagine the wildest thing

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 異想天開1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to imagine the wildest thing
  2. 2to indulge in fantasy

Stroke order

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异
想
天
开

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄊㄧㄢ

tiān

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

异想天开

Simplified

異想天開

Traditional

Example sentences

See 异想天开 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你这个想法太异想天开了。

    nǐ zhè ge xiǎng fǎ tài yì xiǎng tiān kāi le。

    This idea of yours is far too fanciful.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

天

tiān

day

今天

jīn tiān

today

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

天气

tiān qì

weather

昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

聊天

liáo tiān

to chat

感想

gǎn xiǎng

impressions

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