试想 (shì xiǎng) — just imagine, think about it (used to introduce a hypothetical or rhetorical scenario)

Definition

Examples

• 试想一下，如果每个人都能多一点宽容，世界会怎样？
  shì xiǎng Yí xià, rú guǒ měi gè rén dōu néng duō yì diǎn kuān róng, shì jiè huì zěn yàng?
  Just imagine if everyone could be a little more tolerant — what would the world be like?
• 试想，如果没有互联网，我们的生活会完全不同。
  shì xiǎng, Rú guǒ méi yǒu hù lián wǎng, wǒ men de shēng huó huì wán quán bù tóng.
  Think about it — without the internet, our life would be completely different.
• 试想当时他做出的选择，也许会改变整个历史的进程。
  shì xiǎng Dāng shí tā zuò chū de xuǎn zé, yě xǔ huì gǎi biàn zhěng gè lì shǐ de jìn chéng.
  Just imagine the choice he made at that time — it might have changed the entire course of history.