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做梦 zuò mèng to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream
得志 zhì to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
四大名著 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]
梦想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of / dream
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])
梦到 mèng dào to dream of / to dream about
梦寐 mèng mèi to dream / to sleep
编织 biān zhī to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid / (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
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
梦溪笔谈 Mèng 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
贾宝玉 Jiǎ Bǎo 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
mèng dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4]) / (bound form) to dream
同床异梦 tóng chuáng mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension
梦游 mèng yóu to sleepwalk / to journey in a dream
神往 shén wǎng to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of
好梦难成 hǎo mèng nán chéng a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
圆梦 yuán mèng to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
梦见 mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb) / to see in a dream
解梦 jiě mèng to interpret a dream
臆造 zào to concoct / to dream up
梦寐以求 mèng mèi qiú lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom) / fig. to deeply long for; to covet
幻灭 huàn miè (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
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)
洗洗睡 shuì to have a shower and go to bed / (fig.) (slang) (neologism) (often sarcastic) to give up on sth unrealistic; to stop kidding oneself; (used dismissively, typically as 洗洗睡吧[xi3 xi3 shui4 ba5]) keep dreaming
跑马 pǎo horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream


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