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  *夢* | 夢* | *夢
dream (CL:場|场) / (bound form) to dream
HSK 4
to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
HSK 4
an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect
HSK 2
(fig.) to dream of / dream
HSK 4
to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圓* | 圓* | *圓
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
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
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
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
(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])
dream / illusion / reverie
HSK 7-9
(Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream
life is but a dream (idiom)
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
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"
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
in a dream
Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
to sleepwalk / to journey in a dream
One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
the land of dreams / slumberland
to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream
spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream
Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
lucid dream
Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
to dream of / to dream about
to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
to concoct / to dream up
old dreams
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur
fantasy / illusion / vain dream
(coll.) the girl of your dreams
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
fantasy / illusion / dream
to interpret a dream
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
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)
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
pleasant and romantic dream
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
to dream / to sleep
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream
Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
wet dream; nocturnal emission
The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension
to analyze dreams (for fortune-telling)
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
nocturnal emission / wet dream
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom)
to awaken from a dream
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
a dream come true
sweet dream / sleeping soundly


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