同床异梦 Chinese English dictionary 同床异梦 translate 同床异梦 pinyin

同床异梦

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
同床异梦 tóngchuángyìmèng	同床异梦 \| 同床异梦* \| *同床异梦	lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension	同床異夢

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
同	同 \| 同* \| *同	6画口 + 3	tóng, tòng	same, similar; together with	tung4	衕 7722.0 BMR


床	床 \| 床* \| *床	7画广 + 4	chuáng	bed, couch; framework, chassis	cong4	0029.4 ID


异	异 \| 异* \| *异	6画廾 + 3	yì	different, unusual, strange	ji6	異 1744.1 SUT


梦	梦 \| 梦* \| *梦	11画夕 + 8 木 + 7	mèng, méng	dream; visionary; wishful	mung6	夢 4420.7 DDNI

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Simplified		English Definition
同床异梦 tóngchuángyìmèng	同床异梦 \| 同床异梦* \| *同床异梦	lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension


同 tóng	同 \| 同* \| *同	like / same / similar / together / alike / with


同 tòng	同 \| 同* \| *同	used in 胡同


同 tòng	同 \| 同* \| *同	used in 衚衕｜胡同


床　chuáng	床 \| 床* \| *床	bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張｜张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc


床　chuáng	床 \| 床* \| *床	variant of 床


异　　yì	异 \| 异* \| *异	different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate


梦　　　mèng	梦 \| 梦* \| *梦	dream (CL:場｜场) / (bound form) to dream