幻梦 (huàn mèng) — illusion; fantasy (often in a literary sense); daydream; pipe dream

Definition

Examples

• 那一段爱情就像一场幻梦，很快就消失了。
  Nà yí duàn ài qíng jiù xiàng yì chǎng huàn mèng, hěn kuài jiù xiāo shī le.
  That romance was like an illusion — it disappeared very quickly.
• 他沉迷于自己的幻梦中，不愿面对现实。
  Tā chén mí yú zì jǐ de huàn mèng zhōng, bú yuàn miàn duì xiàn shí.
  He indulges in his own daydreams and is unwilling to face reality.
• 童年的幻梦早已被时间冲淡了。
  Tóng nián de huàn mèng zǎo yǐ bèi shí jiān chōng dàn le.
  The fantasies of childhood have long since faded with time.

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