同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng

partners with different aims

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
同 tóng HSK 1
same; together; with
床 chuáng HSK 2
bed; couch; classifier for beds
異 yì
different; strange; unusual
夢 mèng
dream; (bound form) to dream