A dumb man's dream
A Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ǎ Z ǐ Tu ō m è ng, which means to refer to someone who has something to say or is unable to say. It's from watching money slaves by Zheng Tingyu of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Yuan · Zheng Tingyu's the third fold of "see the money slave": "made a dumb dream, said no to this handicap."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: a mute gets a dream, a mute seeks a dream, and a mute dreams
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Chinese PinYin : yǎ zǐ tuō mèng
A dumb man's dream
Turning the past into the future. yǎn gé wéi xuān
pay attention to one 's own moral uplift without thought of others. dú shàn yī shēn
show filial respect for parents. lǎo lái yú qīn
understand a man by his faults. guān guò zhī rén
be friends in the days when hard up. pín jiàn zhī jiāo
teach others a knack of the trade. jīn zhēn dù rén