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做梦

zuò mèng · zuo meng

Traditional 做夢

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to dream
  2. to have a dream
  3. fig. illusion
  4. fantasy
  5. pipe dream
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Dreaming of a treat

  1. Liangliang

    昨晚(zuówǎn)我(wǒ)做梦(zuòmèng)了(le)，梦到(mèngdào)自己(zìjǐ)会(huì)飞(fēi)。

    Last night I dreamed that I could fly.

  2. Dengdeng

    真好(zhēnhǎo)，我(wǒ)很少(hěnshǎo)做梦(zuòmèng)。

    Nice. I rarely dream.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)从来(cónglái)不(bù)做梦(zuòmèng)吗(ma)？

    Do you never dream?

  4. Dengdeng

    可能(kěnéng)做(zuò)，只是(zhǐshì)一(yī)醒(xǐng)就(jiù)忘(wàng)了(le)。

    Maybe I do, but I forget when I wake up.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)今晚(jīnwǎn)做梦(zuòmèng)，记得(jìde)梦到(mèngdào)你(nǐ)请(qǐng)我(wǒ)吃饭(chīfàn)！

    Then tonight when you dream, dream that you treat me to dinner!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)怎(zěn)么(me)可(kě)能(néng)是(shì)机(jī)器(qì)人(rén)呢(ne)？机(jī)器(qì)人(rén)不(bú)会(huì)做(zuò)梦(mèng)。

How could I be a robot? Robots don't dream.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)感(gǎn)觉(jué)就(jiù)像(xiàng)做(zuò)梦(mèng)一(yí)样(yàng)。

I felt as if I were in a dream.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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