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Here, we present the idiom 「人生如夢」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Life is like a dream. Describes the uncertainty of the world and the brevity of life.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

rén shēng rú mèng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yan4 sang1 yu4 mung6

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