mèng mèi yǐ qiú

Traditional: 夢寐以求

梦寐以求 (mèng mèi yǐ qiú) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to deeply long for; to covet

Characters in 梦寐以求

梦mèng · dream (CL:場|场[chang2])寐mèi · to sleep soundly以yǐ · to use求qiú · to seek

Related words

可以can所以therefore以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)以to use以abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以old variant of 以[yi3]以old variant of 以[yi3]以前before求to seek以后after要求to request梦dream (CL:場|场[chang2])

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