做噩梦

做噩夢
zuòèmèng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to have a nightmare
  2. 2 to have bad dreams

Examples

Tā zuó wǎn zuò èmèng, jīngxǐng hǎo jǐ cì.
He had nightmares last night and was startled awake several times.
Háizi kàn le kǒngbùpiàn jiù róngyì zuò èmèng.
Kids easily have nightmares after watching horror movies.

Tips

usage
('to do / make') is the standard verb for having a dream — 做梦 'to dream', 做噩梦 'to have a nightmare'. (è 'shocking, terrible') is rarely seen outside this word and 噩耗 ('shocking news of someone's death').

Stroke Order

zuò
è
mèng