痴心妄想

癡心妄想
chīxīnwàngxiǎng
idiom #25,432

Meanings

  1. 1 wishful thinking
  2. 2 to be carried away by delusion
  3. 3 foolish fantasy

Examples

Nǐ yǐwéi yī gè yuè jiù néng xuéhuì Zhōngwén? Chúncuì shì chīxīn wàngxiǎng!
You think you can learn Chinese in one month? That's pure wishful thinking!
Bù nǔlì jiù xiǎng chénggōng, bùguò shì chīxīn wàngxiǎng.
Wanting to succeed without putting in effort is nothing but foolish fantasy.

Tips

memory
Picture a 痴心 (obsessive heart) chasing 妄想 (wild fantasies) — someone so infatuated with an impossible dream that they've lost touch with reality.

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