梦呓 (mèng yì) — sleep talking, somniloquy; gibberish, nonsense, rigmarole
Definition
Literary word for 'sleep-talking' (the literal sense), and figuratively for incoherent nonsense or gibberish in writing or speech. Mostly written; in everyday speech use 说梦话 for sleep-talking.
noun
sleep talkingsomniloquygibberishnonsenserigmarole
Examples
- 梦呓，。Tā wǎn shàng jīng cháng shuō mèng yì, chǎo dé qī zi shuì bù hǎo.He often talks in his sleep at night, disturbing his wife's rest.
- 梦呓，。Zhè piān lùn wén quán shì mèng yì, háo wú luó ji kě yán.This paper is all gibberish, with no logic at all.
- 梦呓，。Bié tīng tā de mèng yì, tā gēn běn bù dǒng zhè jiàn shì.Don't listen to his nonsense — he doesn't understand this matter at all.
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