dié​mèng

butterfly dream

Senses

蝶梦/ 蝶夢 dié​mèng butterfly dream

The classic story from the Zhuangzi of Zhuang Zhou dreaming he was a butterfly; used to describe a life that feels like a dream or the blurred line between reality and illusion.

蝶梦/ 蝶夢 dié​mèng to dream

A literary term for dreaming while asleep.

References

see 蝶梦/蝶夢 庄子/莊子