Definition

1. Verb:
   • To have a dream: To experience a series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep. This is the core and most common meaning of "nằm mê."

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đêm qua tôi nằm mê thấy một giấc mơ kỳ lạ. (Last night I had a dream about a strange dream.)
  • Đứa trẻ hay nằm mê và nói mớ. (The child often has dreams and talks in his sleep.)
  • Cô ấy nằm mê thấy mình đang bay. (She had a dream that she was flying.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "nằm mê" can sometimes imply a dream that feels particularly vivid or intense.
  • Anh ta nằm mê đến nỗi khi tỉnh dậy vẫn còn hoảng sợ. (He had such a vivid dream that he was still frightened when he woke up.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nằm mơ (v): A more colloquial synonym for "nằm mê," also meaning "to have a dream."

  • Bà tôi thường nằm mơ về quê hương. (My grandmother often dreams about her homeland.)

• Nằm mộng (v): A more literary or formal synonym for "nằm mê," meaning "to have a dream."

  • Trong truyện cổ, nhân vật nằm mộng thấy thần linh mách bảo. (In the folktale, the character dreams of a deity giving advice.)

• Chiêm bao (v): A Sino-Vietnamese word meaning "to dream," often used in more formal contexts.

  • Điều anh chiêm bao có thể là một điềm báo. (What you dreamed might be an omen.)

Synonyms

• To dream: The direct English equivalent.
• To have a dream: A more descriptive synonym.

Related Idioms

• Nằm mê thấy vàng: Literally "to dream of gold," used to describe wishful thinking or unrealistic hopes.

  • Anh đừng có nằm mê thấy vàng nữa, hãy tập trung vào thực tế. (Stop your wishful thinking and focus on reality.)

• Mộng mơ: A compound noun meaning "dreams and fantasies," often describing a dreamy, unrealistic state of mind.

  • Cô ấy sống trong thế giới mộng mơ của riêng mình. (She lives in her own dreamy world.)

verb

1. to have a dream