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梦寐以求

mèng mèi yǐ qiú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 夢寐以求

梦寐以求 (mèng mèi yǐ qiú) means "(lit.) to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); (fig.) to deeply long for; to covet". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 梦寐以求 means

1. (lit.) to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
2. (fig.) to deeply long for; to covet

The characters in 梦寐以求

• 梦mèngdream; (bound form) to dream
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request

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