同床异梦 in English tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to share the same bed with different dreams (idiomatic expression); ostensible partners with different agendas
  • strange bedfellows
  • marital dissension

Simplified Characters

同 床 异 梦

Traditional Characters

同 床 異 夢

Pinyin

tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

同tong2(used in given names) 床chuang2bed 异yi4different 梦meng4dream