mộng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

mộng

germ
bud; sprout

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 夢.

Noun

giấc

(literary) Synonym of mơ (“dream”)
(giấc) mộng lớn
a grandiose dream; an ambition

ôm mộng lớn
to have a grand dream; to be ambitious

vỡ mộng
to have one's dream crushed by cruel reality

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