The word **联想** (liánxiǎng) is a compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: **联** (lián), which means "to connect" or "link," and **想** (xiǎng), which means "to think." It follows a verb-object grammatical structure where the first character describes the action ("to link") and the second character is the object of that action ("thoughts"). Thus, the literal meaning is "to connect thoughts," which accurately conveys the concept of "association" or "associative thinking," as in making a mental connection between ideas. This term is also widely recognized as the name of the technology company Lenovo, which adopted it to symbolize innovation and creative connections.