dream ⇒ 你想当市长？别做梦了！ Nǐ xiǎng dāng shìzhǎng? Bié zuòmèng le! → You want to be mayor? Dream on!

( 释梦 ) interpret dreams

nightmare

dreamworld

illusion ⇒ 她仿佛来到了梦幻世界。 Tā fǎngfú láidàole mènghuàn shìjiè. → She seemed to have entered a dreamworld.

dream ⇒ 不奋斗就能成功,简直是梦想！ Bù fèndòu jiù néng chénggōng, jiǎnzhí shì mèngxiǎng! → You'd be dreaming to imagine that success can be achieved without a struggle. ⇒ 他梦想着开一家自己的公司。 Tā mèngxiǎngzhe kāi yī jiā zìjǐ de gōngsī. → He dreamed of opening his own company.

( 字 ) ⇒ 说梦话 shuō mènghuà → talk in one's sleep ⇒ 我听见你晚上说梦话了。 Wǒ tīngjiàn nǐ wǎnshang shuō mènghuà le. → I heard you talk in your sleep.

dream

long delays cause complications ⇒ 我们争取尽早签合同，免得夜长梦多。 Wǒmen zhēngqǔ jǐnzǎo qiān hétong, miǎnde yè cháng mèng duō. → We'll do our best to sign the contract as soon as possible, to avoid the problems that may be incurred by a delay.

as if woken from a dream ⇒ 老师的一番话,使他如梦初醒。 Lǎoshī de yī fān huà, shǐ tā rú mèng chū xǐng. → It was as if the teacher's words had woken him from a dream.

⇒ 他梦寐以求的愿望终于实现了。 Tā mèngmèi yǐ qiú de yuànwàng zhōngyú shíxiàn le. → He finally realized his long-cherished dream.

unrealistic expectation

daydream

drunken haze

pipe dream