xiǎng​rù​fēi​fēi

to indulge in fantasy

  • created sense approved 想入非非 · xiǎng​rù​fēi​fēi · to indulge in fantasy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    想入非非

    xiǎng​rù​fēi​fēi

    to indulge in fantasy

    to let one's imagination run wild; to indulge in unrealistic daydreams or flights of fancy; originally a Buddhist term referring to a state of deep meditation

    想 (literal) → 想 · xiǎng · to think 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 非非 (reduplication) → 非 · fēi · not be

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 想入非非 · xiǎng​rù​fēi​fēi · to have improper thoughts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    想入非非

    xiǎng​rù​fēi​fēi

    to have improper thoughts

    to have lewd, illicit, or indecent thoughts (often triggered by something suggestive)

    想 (literal) → 想 · xiǎng · to think 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 非非 (reduplication) → 非 · fēi · not be

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense