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

Définition

Written/formal verb meaning 'just imagine' — used to set up a rhetorical or hypothetical scenario, often before a 一下 + 如果 clause. It frames the listener to picture a situation, unlike 想 alone which just means 'to think'.

verb
just imaginethink about it (used to introduce a hypothetical or rhetorical scenario)

Exemples

  • 试想
    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
    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
    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.
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