好梦难成 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• a beautiful dream is hard to realize

Character by character

• 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 梦mèngdream
• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;

Idioms sharing a character

• 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
• 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
• 不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi
• 做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
• 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
• 各有所好 gè yǒu suǒ hào
• 好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó
• 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
• 好奇尚异 hào qí shàng yì
• 好整以暇 hào zhěng yǐ xiá

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