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HSK
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
HSK 2
to think that ...; to feel that ... / to feel (uncomfortable etc)
HSK 1
to calculate; to compute / to consider; to think over / to plot; to scheme
HSK 3
to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate
HSK 2
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  *想* | 想* | *想
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)
HSK 1
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
HSK 2
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
to cherish the memory of / to think of / to reminisce
HSK 4
to recall / to think of / to call to mind
HSK 2
to estimate; to assess; to calculate / (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
HSK 5
to recall / to recollect / to think back
HSK 7-9
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to think over / to consider / consideration
HSK 4
don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)
HSK 7-9
to think over
HSK 7-9
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子
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  *意* | 意* | *意
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
HSK 7-9
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  *当* | 当* | *当
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
HSK 6
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
to think of / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
to esteem / to think highly of / to accord importance to / to revere
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
to chew / to think over
think tank; intellectual resource
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  *怀* | 怀* | *怀
bosom / heart / mind / to think of / to harbor in one's mind / to conceive (a child)
to think deeply / to ponder
HSK 7-9
to use one's brains / to think
to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity
HSK 7-9
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs
HSK 7-9
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward
think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language
think tank; brain trust
to be of one mind / to think or act alike
to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
to commemorate / to recall fondly / to think of the past
HSK 7-9
to think about it
to expect / to presume / to think (sth is likely)
just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子
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  *思* | 思* | *思
to think / to consider
to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat
HSK 7-9
to think to oneself; to think
to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc)
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5]
To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
how about it? / what do you think?
(slang) come on, you can't deny it! / don't you think so?! / (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country)
silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence
think tank; brain trust
frank and outspoken / straight speaking / to say what one thinks
to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
HSK 7-9
there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
to associate / to think of
frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks
thinker
external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means / to think and act as one
each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way
lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains
preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers
(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me)
(idiom) to constantly think about; to be preoccupied with; to set one's heart on
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
to think critically / (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
who do (you) think (you) are? / who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?
(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou
to rack one's brains / to think hard
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直)
(idiom) to think oneself clever
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
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  *惦* | 惦* | *惦
to think of / to remember / to miss
to think fondly of
to think sth over
think tank
to think sth through / to consider carefully
to esteem / to think highly of / to accord importance to / to revere
to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant
to concentrate / to think what you're doing
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  *恁* | 恁* | *恁
to think / this / which? / how? (literary) / Taiwan pr. [ren4]
to think imaginatively; to envision freely
to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it
to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")

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