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想法

xiǎng fǎ

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pinyin
xiǎng fǎ
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想法
traditional
想法

1 · 动词

to think of a way (to do sth)

想出一种方法(做一些工作)

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I understand your thinking, but I have a different suggestion.

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我能理解你的想法,但我有一个不同的建议。

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