wake up as from a drunken sleep(rú mèng chū jué)

wake up as from a drunken sleep

Just like waking up in a dream, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú m è ngch ū Ju é, which means just waking up from a dream. Many metaphors can be realized from confused and wrong understanding. It comes from the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The 100th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "the king of Xinling is like a dream. When he first fell asleep, he would like to thank him again."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: like a dream waking up, like a dream waking up, like a dream waking up

Antonym: obstinate

Idiom usage

To describe a person's sudden awakening

Examples

Brothers Ke and Chen fell asleep like a dream and woke up like a drunken man. Ling Mengchu, Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : rú mèng chū jué