nằm mộng
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Definition
- Intransitive Verb:
- To dream (while asleep): "nằm mộng" means to experience dreams during sleep. It describes the state of having dreams while lying down and sleeping.
Usage
- The verb "nằm mộng" is used to describe the act of dreaming during sleep. It is often used in narratives or to recount a dream experience.
- It typically refers to the general phenomenon of dreaming, not necessarily specifying a good or bad dream (for which "nằm mơ thấy..."/dream of... or "gặp ác mộng"/have a nightmare are used).
Usage Examples
- Intransitive Verb:
- Đêm qua tôi nằm mộng thấy một giấc mơ rất kỳ lạ. (Last night I dreamed a very strange dream.)
- Bà tôi thường nằm mộng và kể lại những giấc mơ vào sáng hôm sau. (My grandmother often dreams and recounts her dreams the next morning.)
- Anh ấy trằn trọc cả đêm, có lúc nằm mộng mê man. (He tossed and turned all night, sometimes dreaming fitfully.)
Advanced Usage
- "nằm mộng mơ màng": to dream vaguely or hazily.
- Cô ấy chợt tỉnh giấc sau khi nằm mộng mơ màng về quê hương. (She suddenly woke up after dreaming hazily about her homeland.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nằm mê: (verb) A direct synonym, also meaning to dream while asleep. Often used interchangeably with "nằm mộng".
- Mơ: (verb) To dream. Can be used more broadly than "nằm mộng" and can also mean to hope or wish for something.
- Giấc mơ / Giấc mộng: (noun) A dream (the content experienced while sleeping).
- Chiêm bao: (verb, literary) To dream. This is a more literary or formal synonym.
Synonyms
- Nằm mê: to dream (while asleep).
- Mơ: to dream.
- Chiêm bao: to dream (literary).
Related Phrases
- Nằm mộng thấy...: to dream of/that... (used to introduce the content of the dream).
- Tôi nằm mộng thấy mình đang bay. (I dreamed that I was flying.)
Related Idioms
- Mộng đẹp: A beautiful dream; often used figuratively to mean a beautiful illusion or an unrealistic hope.
- Kế hoạch đó chỉ là một mộng đẹp mà thôi. (That plan is just a pipe dream.)
- Tỉnh mộng: To wake from a dream; used figuratively to mean to become disillusioned, to face reality.
- Sau thất bại, anh ấy đã tỉnh mộng. (After the failure, he woke up to reality.)
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