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Life is but a Dream in Chinese / Japanese...

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Life Is But A Dream

 rén shēng rú mèng
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人生如夢 is an old Chinese proverb that suggests, “life is but a dream.”

This kind of follows the Buddhist idea that the world is a temporal place, where reality may not be as real as you think.

 dà mèng
 daimu
Big Dream Scroll

大夢 means “Big Dream” in Chinese and Japanese.

大夢 is primarily a Buddhist term referring to the great dream that represents a long and winding life that feels like a dream (since reality is an illusion anyway in Buddhism).

This can also be a female given name, Hiromu, or Oomu, in Japanese. Also, more rare unisex given names Daimu or Taimu.




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Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

人生如夢


人生如梦

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rén shēng rú mèng
    ren2 sheng1 ru2 meng4
jen sheng ju meng

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Life Is But A Dream
life is but a dream (idiom)

Variations:
浮世は夢
浮き世は夢

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 ukiyohayume
    うきよはゆめ
(expression) (proverb) (See 浮世・1) life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Life Is But A Dream人生如夢
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
ren2 sheng1 ru2 meng4
ren sheng ru meng
renshengrumeng
jen sheng ju meng
jenshengjumeng
Big Dream大夢daimudà mèng / da4 meng4 / da meng / damengta meng / tameng
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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