Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「更長夢短」, with details below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「更長夢短」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Geng: a unit of time for night time in the old days, a night is divided into five watches, each watch is about two hours; longer: refers to the long night; short dream: refers to an uneasy sleep and waking up very easily. Describes the feeling of being in a state of confusion and having difficulty falling asleep.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gèng zhǎng mèng duǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gang3/gaang1 cheung4 mung6 dyun2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
