# 异想天开 (yìxiǎngtiānkāi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 异想天开 (yìxiǎngtiānkāi) means “to let one's imagination run wild”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to let one's imagination run wild
- Pinyin: yìxiǎngtiānkāi (yi4 xiang3 tian1 kai1)
- Traditional: 異想天開
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 你别在那里异想天开了。
  Nǐ bié zài nàlǐ yìxiǎngtiānkāi le.
  Stop indulging in wild fantasies.

## Characters

- 异 (yì): different; other
- [想](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-think/) (xiǎng): to think; to want to
- [天](https://hanziro.com/word/tian-day/) (tiān): day; sky
- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-xiang-tian-kai-let-ones-imagination/

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