胡思乱想

胡思亂想

húsīluànxiǎng

idiom HSK 7

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, méi shì de.

Stop overthinking, it's fine.

他一个人在家容易胡思乱想。

Tā yī gè rén zài jiā 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