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同床异梦
同床異夢
tóngchuángyìmèng
1. lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
2. strange bedfellows
3. marital dissension

Character Breakdown

同
tóng
same, similar; together with, alike
HSK 1 6 丶
床
chuáng
bed, couch; framework, chassis
HSK 2 7 丶
异
yì
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
HSK 6 6 丶
梦
mèng
dream
HSK 4 11 丶

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