同床异梦 |
tóng chuáng yì mèng |
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension |
同 |
tóng |
like / same / similar / together / alike / with |
同 |
tòng |
used in 胡同 |
同 |
tòng |
used in 胡同 |
床 |
chuáng |
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc |
床 |
chuáng |
variant of 床 |
异 |
yì |
different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate |
梦 |
mèng |
dream (CL:场,个) / (bound form) to dream |