夢覺黃粱
mèng​jué​huáng​liáng

pipe dream

  • created sense approved 梦觉黄粱/夢覺黃粱 · mèng​jué​huáng​liáng · pipe dream — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    梦觉黄粱 / 夢覺黃粱

    mèng​jué​huáng​liáng

    pipe dream

    to awaken from the yellow millet dream; a metaphor for an illusory hope or a brief dream of wealth and power that ends in a sudden awakening to reality

    梦 (literal) → 梦/夢 · mèng · to dream 觉 (literal) → 觉/覺 · jué · to wake up 黄粱 (literal) → 黄粱/黃粱 · huáng​liáng · millet

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

    created sense