| 人生如梦 |
rén shēng rú mèng |
life is but a dream (idiom) |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 人生 |
rén shēng |
life (one's time on earth) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 梦 |
mèng |
dream (CL:场) / (bound form) to dream |