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同床异梦

tóng chuáng yì mèngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

同床異夢 同床异梦 [tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4] /lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas/strange bedfellows/marital dissension/

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Other forms in these source records: 同床異夢

  • 同
    tóng

    like / same / similar / together / alike / with

    tòng

    used in 胡同[hú tòng] / used in 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]

  • 床
    chuáng

    bed / couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhāng]) / bed / bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame / chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc

  • 异
    yì

    different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate

  • 梦
    mèng

    dream (CL:場|场[cháng]) / (bound form) to dream

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.