"海市蜃樓" meaning in Chinese

See 海市蜃樓 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂən⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn¹³ lɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn²² lɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːi̯³⁵ siː¹³ sɐn²¹ lɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 海市蜃楼 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 海市蜃樓
  1. mirage (optical illusion)
    Sense id: en-海市蜃樓-zh-noun-8Zyiyjmt Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. (figurative) castles in the air; illusion Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-海市蜃樓-zh-noun-BqjYbaDj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 蜃樓海市, 蜃楼海市
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