痴人说梦
chī​rén​shuō​mèng

idiotic nonsense

  • created reference approved 痴人说梦/痴人說夢 → 痴儿说梦/痴兒說夢 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    痴人说梦 / 痴人說夢 chī​rén​shuō​mèng

    痴儿说梦 / 痴兒說夢 chī'ér​shuō​mèng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 痴人说梦/痴人說夢 · chī​rén​shuō​mèng · idiotic nonsense — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    痴人说梦 / 痴人說夢

    chī​rén​shuō​mèng

    idiotic nonsense

    idiotic nonsense; lunatic ravings. Originally meaning telling a dream to a fool who takes it as truth, now used for nonsensical talk based on unrealistic fantasies.

    痴人 (literal) → 痴人 · chī​rén · idiot 说梦 (literal) → 说梦/說夢 · shuō​mèng · to talk nonsense

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

    created sense