同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
  2. strange bedfellows
  3. marital dissension

CHARACTERS

同 tóng
HSK 1
same, similar; together with
床 chuáng
HSK 2
bed, couch; framework, chassis
異 yì different, unusual, strange
夢 mèng dream; visionary; wishful