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想的

what someone thinks or expects, how someone thought; what someone had in mind, what someone has in mind; the person or thing they are thinking of

→ 想
phrase Common #1,920
what someone thinks or expects Used with 的 to refer to the content or situation someone has in mind; often appears in comparisons such as “比……想的……” (“than … thinks”).
CH: 情况比您想的要严重。
EN: The situation is more serious than you think.

这问题比你们想的要复杂得多

This issue is far more complicated than you think.

— 巴克劳 (2019)

婆婆为什么这个世界和我们想的都不一样呢？

Grandma, why is the world so different from what we imagined?

— 一一 (2000)

那不是他想的

That’s not what he thought.

— 充气娃娃之恋 (2007)

然后和你想的一样你爱怎么想就怎么想

Then, just as you thought, think whatever you want.

— 世界 (2004)

情况比您想的要严重。

The situation is more serious than you think.

事情总比我们想的要复杂得多。

Things are always much more complicated than we think.

看来比我们想的还严重。

It looks like it's even more serious than we thought.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

事情可比他所想的要复杂得多。

Things are much more complicated than he imagined.

如果真的跟你想的那样你哪会需要那些爱情浪漫故事来骗你自己？

If things were really the way you think, why would you need all those romantic love stories to fool yourself?

— 一一 (2000)

phrase Rare #22,166
how someone thought; what someone had in mind In the 是……的 construction, 怎么想的 asks about the way or circumstances of someone’s thinking.
CH: 你是怎么想的？
EN: How did you come to think that?

至少我当时是那样想的

At least, that's what I thought at the time.

— 再见列宁 (2003)

上帝是怎么想的？

What does God think?

— 女王旅途 (2014)

我本来是这样想的但是不知道为什么我再也没有和三叶交换过身体了

That's what I originally thought, but for some reason, I never swapped bodies with Mitsuha again.

— 你的名字。 (2016)

我知道你咋想的了

I know what you’re thinking now.

— 世界 (2004)

你母亲是怎么想的？

What does your mother think?

— 勇往直前 (2004)

原来你是这样想的。

So that’s what you think.

phrase Rare #25,278
what someone has in mind; the person or thing they are thinking of Here, 的 turns 想 into a description of the person or thing being thought of.
CH: 难道我们想的是同一个人？
EN: Could we be thinking of the same person?

我喜欢做菜是因为能自由地做出自己想的自己要的东西

I like cooking because it allows me to freely make whatever I imagine and want.

— 燃烧 (2018)

这是你要想的。

This is what you need to think about.

— 死亡论文 (1996)

难道我们想的是同一个人？

Could we be thinking of the same person?

— 警察故事 (1985)