All life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
人生如梦
life is but a dream (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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life is but a dream (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
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All life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 人生如梦
What does 人生如梦 mean in Chinese?
人生如梦 (rénshēngrúmèng) means life is but a dream (idiom).
How do you pronounce 人生如梦?
人生如梦 is pronounced rénshēngrúmèng.
Is 人生如梦 an HSK word?
人生如梦 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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