浮想联翩 (fú xiǎng lián piān) — thoughts thronging one's mind; a stream of ideas and fantasies
Definition
A chengyu describing thoughts and fantasies flocking into the mind in rapid succession. It is literary and evocative — used to describe involuntary, vivid mental images rather than ordinary thinking.
idiom
thoughts thronging one's minda stream of ideas and fantasies
Examples
- ，，浮想联翩。Dú wán nà běn xiǎo shuō, wǒ jiǔ jiǔ huí wèi, bù jīn fú xiǎng lián piān.After finishing that novel, I savored it for a long time and couldn't help but have a stream of thoughts.
- ，，浮想联翩。Zhàn zài shān dǐng yuǎn tiào, yún hǎi fān teng, ràng rén fú xiǎng lián piān.Standing on the mountaintop and gazing into the distance, with the sea of clouds churning, one's mind is filled with thoughts.
- ，，浮想联翩。Fān kàn lǎo zhào piàn, tóng nián wǎng shì lì lì zài mù, bù jué fú xiǎng lián piān.Flipping through old photos, childhood memories came vividly to mind, and I unconsciously had a flood of thoughts.
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