indulge in wishful thinking
Daydreaming, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á IR ì Zu ò m è ng, which means daydreaming. It is a metaphor for delusion to achieve something that cannot be achieved at all. It comes from the selected elegant smile - send plaque.
The origin of Idioms
"It's a daydream to think that one must hit the target and ask about the stars all over again," said Yu Zhang's zuiyuanzi's selected elegant smile - sending plaque in the Ming Dynasty
Idiom usage
It is more formal; it is used as predicate and object; it is often used in the occasion of reprimand
Examples
Change to pick out three county, bewildered, delusion back! Obviously, it's you who pick up three counties. ——I want to say that I am good at mathematics and chemistry in school, and I want to be an engineer in the future. But he knew it was a daydream, so he looked at the old Junru, burst into tears and knelt down. ——Tornado by Jia Pingwa
Chinese PinYin : bái rì zuò mèng
indulge in wishful thinking
lead one into the interesting part of sth.. yǐn rén rù shèng
It's like going through fire and water. rú dǎo shuǐ huǒ
suffer many a setback during one 's life. mìng tú duō chuǎn