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夢

简梦 · 繁夢

Mandarin · pinyin mèng

dream (Classifier: 場 cháng)
(bound form) to dream

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梦: mèng · dream; visionary; wishful

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4 · meng4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mung4 · mung6

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character · Etymology 1

dream (Classifier: 場／场 m c mn; 個／个 m c mn)
to dream; to have dreams
(figurative) dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) muddled

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