| | dream (CL: 場|场) / (bound form) to dream | HSK 4 |
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| | to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking | HSK 4 |
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| | an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect | HSK 2 |
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| | (fig.) to dream of / dream | HSK 4 |
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| | to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking | |
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| | to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream | HSK 4 |
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| | circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | HSK 4 |
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| | cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration | HSK 6 |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 | |
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| | lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet | |
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| | lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love) | |
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| | Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平 | |
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| | Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦 | |
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| | (Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn]) | |
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| | dream / illusion / reverie | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream | |
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| | life is but a dream (idiom) | |
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| | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels | |
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| | Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" | |
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| | Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈 | |
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| | in a dream | |
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| | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 | |
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| | to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy | |
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| | to sleepwalk / to journey in a dream | |
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| | One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games | |
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| | the land of dreams / slumberland | |
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| | to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of | |
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| | dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream | |
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| | spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream | |
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| | Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber | |
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| | a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams | |
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| | "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions | |
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| | lucid dream | |
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| | Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 | |
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| | to dream of / to dream about | |
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| | to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences | |
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| | to concoct / to dream up | |
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| | old dreams | |
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| | Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 | |
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| | lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur | |
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| | fantasy / illusion / vain dream | |
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| | (coll.) the girl of your dreams | |
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| | a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom) | |
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| | fantasy / illusion / dream | |
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| | to interpret a dream | |
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| | Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 | |
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| | if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦) | |
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| | to have a shower and go to bed / (fig.) (slang) (neologism) (often sarcastic) to give up on sth unrealistic; to stop kidding oneself; (used dismissively, typically as 洗洗睡吧) keep dreaming | |
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| | pleasant and romantic dream | |
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| | Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass | |
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| | to dream / to sleep | |
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| | to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams | |
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| | to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream | |
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| | Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?) | |
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| | wet dream; nocturnal emission | |
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| | The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦 | |
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| | lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams | |
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| | lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension | |
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| | to analyze dreams (for fortune-telling) | |
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| | to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams | |
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| | to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc) | |
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| | nocturnal emission / wet dream | |
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| | dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream | |
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| | grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom) | |
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| | to awaken from a dream | |
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| | horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream | |
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| | (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment | |
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| | to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success | |
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| | a dream come true | |
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| | sweet dream / sleeping soundly | |
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