sī xiǎng
thought; idea
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我有自己的思想。
wǒ yǒu zìjǐ de sīxiǎng.
I have my own thoughts.
他思想很活跃。
tā sīxiǎng hěn huóyuè.
He has a very active mind.
我们要解放思想。
wǒmen yào jiěfàng sīxiǎng.
We must liberate our minds.
物质 (wùzhì)
matter
行动 (xíngdòng)
action
The Chinese word 思想 (sīxiǎng) for "thought" or "idea" is composed of two characters: 思 (sī) and 想 (xiǎng). The character 思 originally meant "to think" or "to ponder", and it is composed of the radical ⺬ (xīn), which represents the heart, and the phonetic component 厶 (sī). The character 想 originally meant "to imagine" or "to visualize", and it is composed of the radical 目 (mù), which represents the eye, and the phonetic component 相 (xiāng). When combined, the two characters 思 and 想 form the word 思想, which refers to the process of thinking, reasoning, and forming ideas.
