同床異夢

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Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	bed; couch; (a measure word)	different; unusual; strange	to dream
trad. (同床異夢/同牀異夢)		同	床/牀	異	夢
simp. (同床异梦)		同	床	异	梦
Literally: “to share the bed but have different dreams”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngchuángyìmèng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngchuángyìmèng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻuang²-i⁴-mêng⁴
  - Yale: túng-chwáng-yì-mèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchwangyihmenq
  - Palladius: тунчуанъимэн (tunčuanʺimɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ cong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
  - Yale: tùhng chòhng yih muhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsong⁴ ji⁶ mung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ cong⁴ yi⁶ mung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ jiː²² mʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chhn̂g-ī-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: tông-tshn̂g-ī-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhng'ixbong
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ i³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ³³/

Idiom

同床異夢

(of a married couple) to not get along; to be in discord (usually as a result of different goals)
(figurative, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans

Synonyms

同床各夢／同床各梦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同床異夢):

→ Japanese: 同(どう)床(しょう)異夢(いむ) (dōshōimu)
→ Korean: 동상이몽(同床異夢) (dongsang'imong)
→ Vietnamese: đồng sàng dị mộng (同床異夢)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	床	異	夢
どう Grade: 2	しょう Grade: S	い Grade: 6	む Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 同床異夢 / 同床异梦 (tóngchuángyìmèng)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Idiom

同(どう)床(しょう)異(い)夢(む) • (dōshōimu)

"Same bed, different dreams": Even though they sleep on the same bed, they dream differently.
(figurative, of people who live or work together) to have different opinions and plans; cohabiting but living in different worlds
ドナルドとイーロンは「同(どう)床(しょう)異(い)夢(む)」のペアだったが、喧(けん)嘩(か)別(わか)れをしてしまった。
Donarudo to Īron wa “dōshōimu” no pea datta ga, kenka wakare o shite shimatta.
Donald and Elon were a pair with "different opinions and plans", but ended up breaking up after a falling out.

References

^ Definition of 同床異夢 - JapanDict: Japanese Dictionary

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	床	異	夢

Noun

同床異夢 • (dongsang'imong) (hangeul 동상이몽)

hanja form^? of 동상이몽 (“not getting along; being in discord”)

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