梦想 (夢想)
mèng xiǎng
Pinyin

Definition

梦想 (夢想)
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mèng xiǎng
  1. (fig.) to dream of
  2. dream

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
幻想
huàn xiǎng
  1. 1 delusion
  2. 2 fantasy
心想
xīn xiǎng
  1. 1 to think to oneself
  2. 2 to think
  3. 3 to assume
思想
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (13)

冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
  1. 1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
  2. 2 to ponder over reasons and connection
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
  1. 1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild

Sample Sentences

喔，听起来不错，至少刷卡没问题，不用再购买外币还款了，出国旅行好像更省心，“说走就走”的旅行好像不再是梦想了。
ō ，tīng qǐlai bùcuò ，zhìshǎo shuākǎ méiwèntí ，bùyòng zài gòumǎi wàibì huánkuǎn le ，chūguó lǚxíng hǎoxiàng gèng shěngxīn ，“shuō zǒu jiù zǒu ”de lǚxíng hǎoxiàng bùzài shì mèngxiǎng le 。
Oh, it sounds good. At least using your credit card is no problem and you don't have to purchase foreign currency to repay it. When people go traveling they have one less thing to worry about. Traveling on a whim seems more realizable now.
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我的想法和你们不一样，我要留给自己一点时间追求梦想。
wǒ de xiǎngfǎ hé nǐmen bù yīyàng ，wǒ yào liú gěi zìjǐ yīdiǎn shíjiān zhuīqiú mèngxiǎng 。
My ideas are different than yours'. I want to set aside some time to pursue my dreams.
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梦想需要多久的时间
mèngxiǎng xūyào duō jiǔ de shíjiān
How much time will I need?
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我们几个同学想合伙办一个杂志。这也是我的梦想。
wǒmen jǐ gè tóngxué xiǎng héhuǒ bàn yī gè zázhì 。zhè yě shì wǒ de mèngxiǎng 。
A couple of us classmates want to work together to publish a magazine. Plus it's my dream.
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哎！梦想是丰满的，现实是骨感的。所以梦里想想就算了，真的跑去当兵的也没几个。部队的条件怎么好跟家里的比，他们就是要用艰苦的条件磨练你的意志。
āi ！mèngxiǎng shì fēngmǎn de ，xiànshí shì gǔgǎn de 。suǒyǐ mènglǐ xiǎngxiang jiù suànle ，zhēnde pǎo qù dāng bīng de yě méi jǐ ge 。bùduì de tiáojiàn zěnme hǎo gēn jiālǐ de bǐ ，tāmen jiùshì yào yòng jiānkù de tiáojiàn móliàn nǐ de yìzhì 。
Ha! People have plenty of dreams but in reality people take action on very few. People are content to think about such dreams, but there are very few who will actually go enlist. The conditions within the army can't be compared with those of having a family, so they use harsh training to temper your will.
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哎，当兵打仗是不是每个男人的梦想啊？
ái ，dāng bīng dǎzhàng shìbushì měige nánrén de mèngxiǎng a ？
Hey, isn't fighting in a battle every man's dream?
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他想吃软饭。这是他的梦想。
tā xiǎng chī ruǎnfàn 。zhè shì tā de mèngxiǎng 。
He wants to live off a woman. This is his dream.
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不管怎么说，我们有知识，有学历，有青春，有梦想，以后一定会越来越好的。
bùguǎnzěnmeshuō ，wǒmen yǒu zhīshi ，yǒu xuélì ，yǒu qīngchūn ，yǒu mèngxiǎng ，yǐhòu yīdìng huì yuèláiyuè hǎo de 。
Anyway, no matter how you put it, we have knowledge, academic experience, our youth, and dreams – things will definitely get better over time.
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他和我是同一年进公司的。前两天碰到他的时候，他还很热情地跟我打招呼，还说等升了职就请我吃饭。没想到一转眼他竟得了这种病。他还那么年轻，他还有很多梦想等待去实现，现在就......哎！老天真是太不公平了！
tā hé wǒ shì tóng yī nián jìn gōngsī de 。qiánliǎngtiān pèngdào tā de shíhou ，tā hái hěn rèqíng de gēn wǒ dǎ zhāohu ，hái shuō děng shēng le zhí jiù qǐng wǒ chīfàn 。méixiǎngdào yīzhuǎnyǎn tā jìng dé le zhèzhǒng bìng 。tā hái nàme niánqīng ，tā háiyǒu hěn duō mèngxiǎng děngdài qù shíxiàn ，xiànzài jiù ......āi ！lǎotiān zhēn shì tài bù gōngping le ！
He started working here the same year I did. When I've run into him these last few days he's still been so friendly - saying hello and even that he wants to take me out to eat once he gets promoted. I never would have thought that he could just suddenly have cancer like this. He's still so young. He still has so many dreams waiting to be fulfilled, and now...agh! God is so unfair!
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哇，太美了！我从小的梦想就是住在海边。
wā ，tài měi le ！wǒ cóngxiǎo de mèngxiǎng jiùshì zhù zài hǎibiān 。
Wow, it's just too beautiful! It's been my dream since I was young to live at the seaside.
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