a fleeting illusion

a fleeting illusion

A spring dream, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī ch ǎ ngch ū nm è ng, which means everything in the past is empty. It also means that unrealistic ideas are lost. It comes from Cai Diao Ji Zhang Mi's poem "Ji Ren" written by Wei Hu of Shu Five Dynasties ago.

Idiom story

During the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was demoted to Changhua, Hainan. He walked in the fields with a big ladle on his back, humming a tune from time to time, and met an old woman in her 70s. She knew Su Dongpo's rough experience, and now she witnessed his current situation with her own eyes. She said with great emotion: "in the past, neihan's prosperity was just like a spring dream."

The origin of Idioms

In CAI Diao Ji Zhang Mi's poem of sending a person, written by Wei Hu of Shu Five Dynasties ago, it is said that "leaning on a column to ponder over the melancholy, a spring dream is not clear." The seventh volume of Hou Ji Lu written by Zhao Lingzhi of Song Dynasty: "there is an old woman who is 70 years old. She said:" neihan was rich in the past, and it was a spring dream. "

Analysis of Idioms

A passing cloud

Idiom usage

How energetic and strong you are when the day comes, it is like a spring dream. The ninety ninth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty