a cherished hope; an aspiration; an ideal

to experience a series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep

a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts or fantasies

to see or experience someone or something in a dream while sleeping

A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature.

a pleasant or beautiful dream; often used metaphorically to describe an unrealistic or idealistic ambition.

to yearn for something intensely, even in one's sleep; to desire something one has long wanted

A series of pleasant thoughts or unrealistic fantasies experienced while awake, often distracting from reality.

to travel or experience a sequence of events within a dream

the state of sleeping and dreaming; a deep sleep

to fulfill one's dream or realize an aspiration

the state of being asleep or the imaginary world within dreams; slumberland

a sexual or erotic dream

leading a befuddled existence or living in a drunken stupor, often characterized by a lack of purpose or indulgence

lunatic ravings; nonsense; to talk idiotic nonsense

figurative speech bearing no relation to reality; delusions or unrealistic talk

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), American actress

describing someone who has suddenly realized the truth or become aware of a situation, as if waking up from a dream.

to engage in idle fantasies; to indulge in unrealistic or impossible wishful thinking

life is but a dream

to yearn for; to miss very much

Delirious ravings, nonsense, or unrealistic fantasy.

inner-spring mattress (loanword from US mattress brand "Simmons")

the condition of walking or performing other activities while asleep; somnambulism

to awaken from a dream

an unrealizable plan or a deluded fantasy

a dreamlike state or an unreal vision experienced as if in a dream

to appear in a person's dream (usually referring to the soul of a deceased person communicating with the living).

to revive old dreams; to relive past experiences

Ostensible partners or allies working together while secretly pursuing different or conflicting interests.

to dream or the state of dreaming

wet dream; nocturnal emission

Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New ([[古今小说|古今小說|Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1]]).

in Buddhist philosophy, the concept that all phenomena are transient and unreal like dreams, phantasms, bubbles, and shadows

a dream of grandeur that turns out to be an illusion; fleeting success or illusory fame and fortune

Dream Pool Essays by [[沈括|沈括|Shen3 Kuo4]], an extensive work on various fields of knowledge and the first to describe the magnetic needle compass.

to interpret dreams

illusions of wealth and power that are destined to be short-lived or unfulfilled; a brief, unrealistic dream of success

in a dream

Yunmeng, a county in Xiaogan City, Hubei

Zhuangzi dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)

the state of sleeping soundly and deeply

illusions of wealth and glory; a fleeting dream of success that is quickly shattered, based on the literary allusion to the story of the dream of golden millet

to analyze dreams for the purpose of fortune-telling

a condition in which a person walks or performs other activities while asleep