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Change log entry 59107
Processed by: ycandau (2015-10-26 15:49:45 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 56083 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
In M, 胡想 is defined as 胡思亂想.

Cambridge dict ~ "have a bee in your bonnet"
"(informal) to ​keep ​talking about something again and again because you ​think it is very ​important"
That seems way off the mark for 胡思亂想.

Also, I don't see anything to suggest that 胡思亂想 can specifically refer to *utopian* fantasies.
And 胡思亂想 is basically *verbal* -- it seems to be "to fantasize" or "fantasizing" rather than "a fantasy".

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成長於物質貧乏的民國四十年代,楊德昌從小就喜歡胡思亂想
Growing up in the poverty-ridden 1950s, the young Yang was fond of letting his thoughts run wild. He also drew with and on anything that came to hand, filling the walls in his family's home with drawings as far as he could reach.

「自從寫書法後,有了寄託,心情比較平靜,空閒下來時也不會胡思亂想。」
"Ever since I began doing calligraphy, I have an outlet and I feel more peaceful. When I have free time I no longer lose my concentration."

為了讓自己沒有時間胡思亂想,鄭素惠開始在照顧者關懷協會擔任「家庭服務員」,到宅為獨居的老人們服務。
So that she wouldn't have time to let her mind start running away with her, Cheng started working with the Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers as a member of their "home service" team.

個性好奇愛玩的他,又喜歡天馬行空、胡思亂想。
The curious, playful Wang also loves to let his imagination run wild.

慮病症患者懷疑自己罹患絕症,稍有病痛的徵兆,他就開始胡思亂想。
Freud argued that hypochondriacs worried about their health to such an extent that the slightest symptom would have them imagining the direst of diseases.

以前常坐在椅子上發呆,胡思亂想,不知道這樣漫長的一天該怎麼過。
"I used to just sit in my chair with random thoughts running through my head, trying to figure out what to do with the endless days."

「別胡思亂想了啦!」
[Regrettably, when someone in the family manifests feelings of anxiety, most people will react rashly, criticizing them or saying] "Don't let your imagination run wild."
Diff:
- 胡思亂想 胡思乱想 [hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3] /to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild/to have a bee in one's bonnet/unrealistic utopian fantasy/
+ 胡思亂想 胡思乱想 [hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3] /to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)/to let one's imagination run wild/
- 胡想 胡想 [hu2 xiang3] /to let one's imagination run wild/fantasy/
+ 胡想 胡想 [hu2 xiang3] /see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3]/
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