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同床异梦 - be strange bed-fellows dreaming different dream
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同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
be strange bed-fellows dreaming different dream

tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4

Explanation
to share the same bed with different dreams; ostensible partners with different agendas, strange bedfellows, marital dissension

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Usage Sample
吴王为人凶残,唯对西施情意绵绵,大概至死也没有觉察西施与他同床异梦。
While cruel and ruthless by nature, the King of Wu did have a sincere and lasting love for Xi Shi, unaware until his death that the latter was a strange bedfellow who was all the time cherishing some sinister designs.

他们俩同床异梦,常常吵架。
They two are strange bedfellows. They fight all the time.


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Translate Chinese Idioms 同床异梦 into English 英文翻译 English Translation, be strange bed-fellows dreaming different dream 中文翻译 Chinese Translation tóng chuáng yì mèng