同床异梦

Traditional form:

同床異夢

Pinyin (reading):

tóngchuángyìmèng

Definitions:

• lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
• strange bedfellows
• marital dissension

Characters:

• 同 - same, similar; together with, alike
• 床 - bed, couch; framework, chassis
• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 梦 - dream

Traditional characters:

• 同 - same, similar; together with, alike
• 床 - bed, couch; framework, chassis
• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
• 夢 - dream