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to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
HSK 4
(fig.) to dream of / dream
HSK 4
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dream (CL:場|场,個|个) / (bound form) to dream
HSK 4
to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
HSK 4
Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
life is but a dream (idiom)
inner-spring mattress (loanword from US mattress brand "Simmons")
Doraemon, Japanese manga and anime series character
Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
nightmare
a dream come true
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说
dreamland
to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking
dream / illusion / reverie
HSK 7-9
One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
half-awake / half-asleep
to dream of / to dream about
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream
in a dream
nightmare
Yunmeng, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市, Hubei
to dream / to sleep
Pokémon
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), American actress
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension
to sleepwalk / to journey in a dream
lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur
the land of dreams / slumberland
pipedream / unrealizable plan
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
nightmare
somnambulism / sleepwalking
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
(Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream
to interpret a dream
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
old dreams
sweet dream / sleeping soundly
daydream / reverie
as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor
Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
somnambulism / sleepwalking
fantasy / illusion / dream
Menlo Park, New Jersey, the home of Thomas Edison's research laboratory
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
pleasant and romantic dream
dreamer / visionary
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom)
talking in one's sleep / delirious ravings / nonsense / sheer fantasy
fast asleep / dreaming
spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream
lucid dream
to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
(idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for
wet dream; nocturnal emission
Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代
dreamcore
to analyze dreams (for fortune-telling)
lunatic ravings; nonsense
to awaken from a dream
dreamscape


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