同床异梦

tóng chuáng yì mèng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 同床异梦

• 同 同 tóng: like
• 梦 梦 mèng: dream
• 床 床 chuáng: bed
• 同 同 tòng: see 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]
• 异 异 yì: different