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美梦 (měi mèng) — sweet dream, beautiful dream; (figurative) fond dream, cherished aspiration

Definition

noun
sweet dreambeautiful dream(figurative) fond dreamcherished aspiration
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 美梦。
    Zuó wǎn wǒ zuò le yí gè měi mèng.
    Last night I had a sweet dream.
  • 美梦。
    Shí xiàn hé píng shì tā de měi mèng.
    Realizing peace is his fond dream.
  • ，美梦。
    Zhù nǐ jīn wǎn shuì gè hǎo jué, zuò gè měi mèng.
    Wish you a good sleep and sweet dreams tonight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

美měibeautiful
梦mèngdream

美 (beautiful) and 梦 (dream) together mean a sweet or fond dream.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Open 美 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夢; 梦 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夕夕xī
Sound part声符shēngfú
瞢
瞢méng夢mèng
Same sound today

The traditional form 夢 pairs 夕 (night) with 瞢, which gives the sound; its older form showed a person lying with an eye emphasized.

Open 梦 →
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