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蝶梦
dié​mèng

butterfly dream

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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.
to dream
A literary term for dreaming while asleep.

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  • 庄子 zhuāng​zǐ
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