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Trad. 圓夢
- to fulfill one's dream
- (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream
- oneiromancy
Trad. 夢話
- talking in one's sleep
- words spoken during sleep
- fig. speech bearing no relation to reality
- delusions
Trad. 夢魔
- night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
Trad. 黃粱夢
- dream of golden millet
- fig. illusions of wealth and glory
- pipe dream
Trad. 紅樓夢
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
Trad. 馮夢龍
- 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[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1]
Trad. 雲夢縣
- Yunmeng, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 鄭夢準
- Chung Mongjoon (1951-), Korean magnate and the founder of Hyundai 現代|现代[Xian4 dai4]
Trad. 席夢思
- inner-spring mattress (loanword from US mattress brand "Simmons")
Trad. 中國夢
- 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]
Trad. 舒夢蘭
- Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
Trad. 夢羅園
- Menlo Park, New Jersey, the home of Thomas Edison's research laboratory
Trad. 白日做夢
- to daydream
- to indulge in wishful thinking
Trad. 醉生夢死
- as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence
- in a drunken stupor
Trad. 魂牽夢縈
- (idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for
Trad. 魂牽夢繞
- see 魂牽夢縈|魂牵梦萦[hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2]
Trad. 春秋大夢
- grand dreams
- unrealistic ideas (idiom)
Trad. 南柯一夢
- lit. a dream of Nanke
- fig. dreams of grandeur
Trad. 黃粱一夢
- see 黃粱夢|黄粱梦[huang2 liang2 meng4]
Trad. 黃粱美夢
- dream of golden millet
- fig. illusions of wealth and power
- pipe dream
Trad. 莊周夢蝶
- Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
Trad. 好夢難成
- a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
Trad. 哆啦A夢
- Doraemon, Japanese manga and anime series character
Trad. 同床異夢
- lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
- strange bedfellows
- marital dissension
Trad. 重溫舊夢
- to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
Trad. 夢寐以求
- lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
- fig. to deeply long for; to covet
Trad. 夢溪筆談
- Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
Trad. 仲夏夜之夢
- Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
Trad. 瑪麗蓮·夢露
- Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
Trad. 神女有心，襄王無夢
- lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
- (said of a woman's unrequited love)