梦魇

夢魘

mèngyǎn

noun #14,001

Meanings

1 nightmare

Characters

nightmare; to have a nightmare

Examples

HSK 3

那场事故成了他一生的梦魇。

Nà chǎng shìgù chéng le tā yīshēng de mèngyǎn.

That accident became a lifelong nightmare for him.

HSK 7-9

她经常被梦魇惊醒。

Tā jīngcháng bèi mèngyǎn jīngxǐng.

She is often woken up by nightmares.

Tips

usage

梦魇 is more literary and intense than 噩梦. 梦魇 often implies a terrifying, suffocating dream where one feels paralyzed, closer to "sleep paralysis nightmare". 噩梦 is the everyday word for any bad dream.

Stroke Order

梦 mèng

魇 yǎn