pipe dream(mèng huàn pào yǐng)

pipe dream

Dream bubble, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m è nghu à NP à oy à ng, which means that everything in the world is as empty as dream, magic, bubble and shadow. Post metaphor is an empty and easily disillusioned fantasy. It comes from the Vajra Prajna paramita Sutra Yinghua feizhen Fen.

The origin of Idioms

According to the Vajra Prajna paramita Sutra, Yinghua feifen: "all the dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, dew and electricity, so we should observe them like this."

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: nothingness

Idiom usage

In a derogatory sense, it refers to an empty and easily disillusioned fantasy. example but after listening to the old general's four words of "dream bubble shadow", the public chanted Buddhism in unison. The 61st chapter of the complete biography of Shuoyue by Qian Cai in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : mèng huàn pào yǐng