南柯一夢
nán​kē​yī​mèng

pipe dream

  • created sense approved 南柯一梦/南柯一夢 · nán​kē​yī​mèng · pipe dream — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南柯一梦 / 南柯一夢

    nán​kē​yī​mèng

    pipe dream

    (idiom) a dream of grandeur that turns out to be an illusion; the fleeting nature of wealth and honor; based on a story where a man dreams of a lifetime of success in a kingdom that is actually an ant nest

    nán​kē​yí​mèng

    南柯 (literal) → 南柯 · nán​kē · dreamland 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 梦 (literal) → 梦/夢 · mèng · dream

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense