"Dream" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect
梦想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of / dream
梦 mèng dream / CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4] / (bound form) to dream
梦幻 mèng huàn dream / illusion / reverie
心愿 xīn yuàn cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
做梦 zuò mèng to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
幻梦 huàn mèng fantasy / illusion / dream
梦寐 mèng mèi to dream / to sleep
梦中 mèng zhōng in a dream
编织 biān zhī to weave / to knit / to plait / to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
梦见 mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
红楼梦 Hóng lóu Mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
梦到 mèng dào to dream of / to dream about
梦游 mèng yóu to sleepwalk / to journey in a dream
圆梦 yuán mèng to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
林黛玉 Lín Dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
神往 shén wǎng to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of
曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
春梦 chūn mèng spring dream / short-lived illusion / erotic dream
狂想 kuáng xiǎng fantasy / illusion / vain dream
得志 dé zhì to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
贾宝玉 Jiǎ Bǎo yù 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
遗精 yí jīng nocturnal emission / wet dream
跑马 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
痴人说梦 chī rén shuō mèng lunatic ravings / nonsense / pipe dream
石头记 Shí tou Jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
红学 Hóng xué "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
薛宝钗 Xuē Bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
梦遗 mèng yí wet dream / nocturnal emission (ejaculation)
南柯一梦 Nán kē yī mèng lit. a dream of Nanke / fig. dreams of grandeur
沈括 Shěn Kuò 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[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2]
梦幻泡影 mèng huàn pào yǐng illusion (Buddhism) / pipe dream
梦溪笔谈 Mèng Xī Bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
臆造 yì zào to concoct / to dream up
痴想 chī xiǎng to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream
圆 yuán 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)
人生如梦 rén shēng rú mèng life is but a dream (idiom)
好梦难成 hǎo mèng nán chéng a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
大观园 Dà guān yuán Prospect Garden / Grand View Garden, a garden in Dream of the Red Chamber
黄粱梦 huáng liáng mèng dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and glory / pipe dream
仲夏夜之梦 Zhòng xià yè zhī mèng Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
同一个世界，同一个梦想 tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
绮梦 qǐ mèng pleasant and romantic dream
美梦成真 měi mèng chéng zhēn a dream come true
惊梦 jīng mèng to awaken from a dream
黄粱美梦 huáng liáng měi mèng dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
清醒梦 qīng xǐng mèng lucid dream
中国梦 zhōng guó mèng Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xi2 Jin4 ping2]
神女有心，襄王无梦 shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
酣梦 hān mèng sweet dream / sleeping soundly
机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng 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[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
肖想 xiào xiǎng (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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