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What does 念头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

念头 niàntou

thought; idea; intention

Its characters

  1. 念 niàn idea
  2. 头 tou (suffix) noun suffix (as in 木头, 甜头)

In a sentence

我突然有了一个念头,想去旅行。 I suddenly had the idea of going on a trip.

他愣住了,躺在那里半天没动,心里不禁冒出一个奇怪的念头:刚才到底是庄周做梦变成了蝴蝶,还是一只蝴蝶正在做梦,梦见自己变成了庄周?

From 庄周梦蝶 · Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, and what it means

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