"同床異夢" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [do̞ːɕo̞ːimɯ̟] Forms: 同床異夢 [canonical] (ruby: (どう), (しょう), (), ()), dōshōimu [romanization]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 同床異夢 /同床异梦 (tóngchuángyìmèng) Etymology templates: {{obor|ja|zh|同床異夢}} Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 同床異夢 /同床异梦 (tóngchuángyìmèng) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|どうしょういむ|head=同床異夢}} 同(どう)床(しょう)異(い)夢(む) • (dōshōimu)
  1. "Same bed, different dreams": Even though they sleep on the same bed, they dream differently. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-同床異夢-ja-phrase-rEf98f29 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 4 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 67 33
  2. (figurative, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans; cohabiting but living in different worlds Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-同床異夢-ja-phrase-L5bWrMPQ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese yojijukugo Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 7 18 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 4 11 55 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese yojijukugo: 31 69
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          "床",
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          "english": "Donald and Elon were a pair with \"different opinions and plans\", but ended up breaking up after a falling out.",
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        "to have different opinions and plans; cohabiting but living in different worlds"
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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            [
              "床",
              "しょう"
            ],
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              "異",
              "い"
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            [
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              "む"
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              "嘩",
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Download raw JSONL data for 同床異夢 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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