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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
想象 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
想象 ＝ 想 ＋ 象
ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ · xiǎngxiàng
verb — to imagine; to picture in the mind; noun — imagination

字源 FORM — what the parts do

想to think (思想)xiǎng
象an image; a likeness (形象)xiàng
想象，思想的想，形象的象。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

閉上眼，腦中浮出一頭大象（象）——心裡想（想）的那個畫面。
Eyes shut, an elephant (象) rises in the mind — the picture you think (想) up.
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想像xiǎngxiàngthe 像 spelling — same word思想sīxiǎngthought — the same 想