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[quote=ZOEY,262199]No.1 黄梁美梦 (Huang 2 Liang 2 Mei 3 Meng 4). It means "Golden Millet Dream---pipe dream" . History: Long long ago, there was a poor scholar who wanted to take part in imperial examination so that he could be an official and his poor days would be over. On his way to the imperial city, he passed by a village and lived in a guesthouse there. In the guesthouse he met a Taoist priest and they chatted happily with each other. Before going to sleep, the Taoist priest gave a pillow to the poor scholar. With this magic pillow, the poor scholar had a fantastic dream. He dreamt that he became an official and married a very beautiful woman. Later, he had a son and they lived happily. After awaking, he found that it was just a dream and the pot of millet was still cooking on the fire. Later on, people derive an idiom for this story, that is, 黄梁美梦。[/quote]
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