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惊梦

驚夢
Jīngmèng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 The Interrupted Dream, the scene of The Peony Pavilion in which Du Liniang dreams of a young scholar
  2. 2 to be startled out of a dream

Examples

HSK 6
半夜一阵雷声惊梦，他再也睡不着了。
Bànyè yízhèn léishēng jīngmèng, tā zàiyě shuìbuzháo le.
In the middle of the night a peal of thunder broke into his dream, and after that he could not get back to sleep.
HSK 7-9
昆曲《牡丹亭》里，《惊梦》这一折写杜丽娘在梦中遇见柳梦梅。
Kūnqǔ 《 Mǔdāntíng 》 lǐ, 《 Jīngmèng 》 zhè yì zhé xiě Dù Lìniáng zài mèng zhōng yùjiàn Liǔ Mèngméi.
In the Kunqu opera The Peony Pavilion, the scene 'The Interrupted Dream' shows Du Liniang meeting Liu Mengmei in a dream.

Tips

history
In 汤显祖's play of 1598, sixteen-year-old 杜丽娘 takes her first walk in the family garden in spring, falls asleep and dreams of a young scholar, 柳梦梅, who woos her among the peonies. She wakes, pines for him and dies, and is later brought back to life. In the original text the walk and the dream make up one scene; Kunqu performers split it into 游园 and 惊梦.
register
As a verb 惊梦 is literary, found in poems and old fiction. Everyday Chinese says 从梦中惊醒.

Stroke Order

惊 jīng
梦 mèng