打如意算盤
dǎ​rú​yì​suàn​pán

to indulge in wishful thinking

  • created sense approved 打如意算盘/打如意算盤 · dǎ​rú​yì​suàn​pán · to indulge in wishful thinking — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    打如意算盘 / 打如意算盤

    dǎ​rú​yì​suàn​pán

    to indulge in wishful thinking

    To calculate based only on things turning out as one wishes; to be overly optimistic about a plan.

    打, 如意算盘

    打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to mark; to apply 如意算盘 (literal) → 如意算盘/如意算盤 · rú​yì​suàn​pán · wishful thinking

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

    created sense