黃粱一夢

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Chinese

yellow and large-grained variety of
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
to dream
trad. (黃粱一夢) 黃粱
simp. (黄粱一梦) 黄粱

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 黃粱一夢

  1. fanciful dream of wealth and rank; pipe dream; one's hopes coming to nothing