白日梦
bái rì mèng
Pinyin

Definition

白日梦
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bái rì mèng
  1. daydream
  2. reverie

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
交易日
jiāo yì rì
  1. 1 working day (in banking, share trading)
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
即日
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
平日
píng rì
  1. 1 ordinary day
  2. 2 everyday
  3. 3 ordinarily
  4. 4 usually
往日
wǎng rì
  1. 1 former days
  2. 2 the past
成日
chéng rì
  1. 1 all day long
  2. 2 the whole day
  3. 3 the whole time

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)

Sample Sentences

告我们？他做白日梦！
gào wǒmen ？tā zuò báirìmèng ！
He's suing us for canceling a contract without reason, and demanding compensation. He's dreaming!
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你又在那儿做《星际迷航》的白日梦啦。
nǐ yòu zài nàr zuò 《Xīngjìmíháng 》de báirìmèng la 。
There you are, day-dreaming about Star Trek again!
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你别做白日梦了！那肯定是海市蜃楼，你的幻觉罢了！我们走了三天三夜都没看到活的东西了，怎么可能会有房子？
nǐ bié zuò báirìmèng le ！nà kěndìng shì hǎishìshènlóu ，nǐ de huànjué bà le ！wǒmen zǒu le sān tiān sān yè dōu méi kàndào huó de dōngxi le ，zěnme kěnéng huì yǒu fángzi ？
Stop day-dreaming! That's definitely a mirage, nothing more than an illusion! We've walked for three days and three nights without seeing any living thing. How could there be a house?
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