give full play to one 's imagination

give full play to one 's imagination

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú C à ilu à nxi à ng, which means to guess something you are not sure about. It's from Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It refers to blind suspicion

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: wishful thinking

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's Xingshi Hengyan (Volume 4): "wild speculation and uncertainty."

Idiom explanation

Guess at random. To speculate about something you are not sure about.