梦话 (mèng huà) — words uttered in one's sleep; sleep-talking; nonsense; unrealistic talk (figurative)
Definition
梦话 has two senses: literally, the words someone says while asleep; figuratively, unrealistic 'pipe dream' talk — promises or plans that could never actually happen.
noun
words uttered in one's sleepsleep-talkingnonsenseunrealistic talk (figurative)
Examples
- ，。Tā shuì zháo le, yì zhí zài shuō mèng huà.He fell asleep and kept talking in his sleep.
- ，梦话。Nǐ shuō de zhè xiē gēn běn bú xiàn shí, dōu shì mèng huà.What you said is completely unrealistic; it's all nonsense.
- ，。Bié tīng tā de, tā zǒng shì zài shuō mèng huà.Don't listen to him; he's always talking nonsense.
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