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梦想

梦想 mèngxiǎng

梦想 mèngxiǎng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 梦想 mèngxiǎng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèngxiǎng | meng4 xiang3
English translation
(figuratively) to dream of
dream

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Traditional form

夢想

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 梦想 mèngxiǎng

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mèng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of mèng , which is a pictograph of a person lying in bed dreaming. (dusk) represents the meaning, and Lín is an abbreviated form of the top half of the traditional character mèng .

Positional decomposition

林夕

Number of Strokes

11
xiǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Xiāng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Xiāng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

相心

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 梦想 mèngxiǎng

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安东尼 Ān dōng ní : ēn , de 梦想 mèngxiǎng shì 成为 chéngwéi 单口相声 dān kǒu xiàng shēng jiā .

Anthony: Well, my dream is to be a stand - up comedian .

瑞秋 hěn 高兴 gāoxìng 自己 zìjǐ 实现 shíxiàn le 梦想 mèngxiǎng .

Rachel was very pleased with herself for fulfilling her dreams.

于是 yúshì 人们 rén men 开始 kāishǐ 梦想 mèngxiǎng zhāo 发现 fāxiàn 甚至 shènzhì zài 室温 shì wēn xià 能够 néng gòu 具有 jù yǒu líng 电阻 diàn zǔ de 材料 cáiliào .

People began to dream of materials that had zero resistance even at room temperature.

沿 yán zhāo 小路 xiǎo lù 闲逛 xián guàng , jiù 这样 zhè yàng 梦想 mèngxiǎng zhāo .

So she dreamed to herself as she loitered along the path.

wéi 哥伦布 Gē lún bù jiàn 一座纪念碑 jì niàn bēi shì 一生 yī shēng de 梦想 mèngxiǎng

Building a memorial to Columbus has been his lifelong dream.

梦想 mèngxiǎng Decomposition

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梦想 mèngxiǎng Compounds

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