同床异梦

Traditional: 同床異夢

tóng chuáng yì mèng

Dictionary entry

lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas

What does 同床异梦 mean?

同床异梦 (tóng chuáng yì mèng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas

2strange bedfellows

3marital dissension

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同tónglike · same 床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]) · bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)异yìdifferent · other 梦mèngdream (CL:場|场[chang2]) · (bound form) to dream

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同床异梦

tóng chuáng yì mèng

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