胡思乱想

胡思亂想

húsī-luànxiǎng

idiom HSK 7-9

Meanings

1 to let one's imagination run wild
2 to overthink
3 to have random thoughts

Characters

chaotic; random

to think; to imagine

Examples

别胡思乱想了，没事的。

Bié húsīluànxiǎng le, méishì de.

Stop overthinking, it's fine.

他一个人在家容易胡思乱想。

Tā yīgè rén zàijiā róngyì húsīluànxiǎng.

He tends to overthink when he's home alone.

Tips

memory

Literal: "reckless thinking, chaotic imagining" (胡=reckless, 思=think, 乱=chaotic, 想=imagine). The mind going in every random direction.

Stroke Order

胡 hú

思 sī

乱 luàn

想 xiǎng