| 人 |
rén shēng rú mèng | life is but a dream (idiom) |
| 人 |
rén | person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 人 |
rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) |
| 生 |
shēng | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 如 |
rú | as / as if / such as |
| 梦 |
mèng | dream (CL:场,个) / (bound form) to dream |