day 172thinking it over

thinking it over

Talk about thinking, remembering and weighing up a decision, and sum things up with 简而言之 (in short) and 总而言之 (in a word).

today’s words

• 沉思 chénsī · to ponder, be lost in thought
• 深思 shēnsī · to think deeply about
• 思索 sīsuǒ · to think hard, search one’s mind
• 思绪 sīxù · train of thought; mood
• 琢磨 zuómo · to turn over in one’s mind, puzzle over
• 推敲 tuīqiāo · to weigh one’s words, polish (writing)
• 斟酌 zhēnzhuó · to consider carefully, weigh
• 揣摩 chuǎimó · to try to figure out, fathom
• 揣测 chuǎicè · to guess, speculate
• 猜想 cāixiǎng · to guess, suppose; conjecture
• 盘算 pánsuan · to figure, plan, calculate
• 考量 kǎoliáng · to consider; consideration
• 权衡 quánhéng · to weigh up
• 顾及 gùjí · to take into account, give thought to
• 着眼 zhuóyǎn · to have in mind, focus on
• 着重 zhuózhòng · to stress, emphasise
• 侧重 cèzhòng · to focus on, lay stress on
• 心思 xīnsi · thoughts, mind; mood
• 念头 niàntou · idea, thought, notion
• 脑海 nǎohǎi · mind, memory
• 浮现 fúxiàn · to appear, come to mind
• 回想 huíxiǎng · to think back, recall
• 回首 huíshǒu · to look back (on the past)
• 遗忘 yíwàng · to forget
• 牢记 láojì · to keep firmly in mind
• 铭记 míngjì · to engrave on one’s mind
• 切记 qièjì · be sure to remember
• 记性 jìxing · memory (ability to remember)
• 下意识 xiàyìshí · subconscious; instinctively
• 直觉 zhíjué · intuition
• 预感 yùgǎn · premonition; to have a feeling
• 预见 yùjiàn · to foresee; foresight
• 远见 yuǎnjiàn · vision, foresight
• 预言 yùyán · to predict, prophesy; prophecy
• 展望 zhǎnwàng · to look ahead; outlook

sentences

• 她坐在窗前，陷入了沉思。 · She sat by the window, lost in thought.
• 这个问题值得我们深思。 · This question deserves serious thought.
• 写结论的时候，每个字都要斟酌。 · When you write the conclusion, every word has to be weighed.
• 我的记性越来越差了。 · My memory is getting worse and worse.
• 那张老照片常常浮现在我的脑海里。 · That old photo often comes back to my mind.