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


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