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


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