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癡人說夢 (ci1 jan4 syut3 mung6) — idiotic nonsense; lunatic ravings (lit., "a crazy man speaks of his dreams") in Cantonese

ciˉ¹癡janˎ₄人syut˗₃說mungˍ₆夢
简 痴人说梦
Mandarin Pinyin: chi1 ren2 shuo1 meng4

Meaning of 癡人說夢

nounidiotic nonsense; lunatic ravings (lit., "a crazy man speaks of his dreams")

Characters in 癡人說夢

癡ci1
idiotic; silly; stupid; foolish
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
說syut3
speak; talk; say; tell
夢mung6
dream; see visions

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