痴心妄想

癡心妄想

chīxīn-wàngxiǎng

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Meanings

你以为一个月就能学会中文？纯粹是痴心妄想！

Nǐ yǐwéi yīgè yuè jiù néng xuéhuì Zhōngwén? Chúncuì shì chīxīnwàngxiǎng!

You think you can learn Chinese in one month? That's pure wishful thinking!

不努力就想成功，不过是痴心妄想。

Bù nǔlì jiù xiǎng chénggōng, bùguò shì chīxīnwàngxiǎng.

Wanting to succeed without putting in effort is nothing but foolish fantasy.

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.

痴 chī

心 xīn

妄 wàng

想 xiǎng