short-lived joy; fleeting illusion; vain hope
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a fleeting, beautiful dream; an illusion; a vain hope
literaryLiterary term often used to express the transient nature of happiness or the futility of unrealistic desires. It carries a poetic, sometimes melancholic, tone.
Fán繁
huá华
guò过
hòu后
，
yī一
qiè切
bù不
guò过
shì是
yī一
chǎng场
chūn春
mèng梦
。
After the bustle, everything turned out to be just a fleeting dream.
Tā他
xiǎng想
yī一
yè夜
bào暴
fù富
de的
niàn念
tou头
，
zhōng终
shì是
chūn春
mèng梦
yī一
chǎng场
。
His thought of getting rich overnight ended up being nothing but an illusion.
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Nà那
xiē些
bù不
qiè切
shí实
jì际
de的
huàn幻
xiǎng想
，
zuì最
zhōng终
dōu都
huà化
zuò作
le了
chūn春
mèng梦
。
Those unrealistic fantasies eventually turned into empty dreams.