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be strange bedfellows; share the same bed but dream different dreams; hide different purposes behind the semblance of accord

tóng chuáng yì mèng

同 床 异 梦

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derogbe strange bedfellows; share the same bed but dream different dreams; hide different purposes behind the semblance of accord
- tóng chuáng yì mèng gè huái guǐ jì
  同床异梦，各怀诡计
  strange bedfellows, each harbouring his own sinister design
- chú le gǔ guài zhī wài jì shù guān liáo hé zhuān zhì zǎo jiù yǐ jīng tóng chuáng yì mèng
  除了古怪之外，技术官僚和专制早就已经同床异梦。
  Crankishness aside, technocracy and autocracy have long been natural bedfellows.
synonym
mào hé shén lí貌合神离 tóng shì cāo gē同室操戈 mào hé xīn lí貌合心离
antonym
tóng xīn tóng dé同心同德 tóng xīn xié lì同心协力 zhì tóng dào hé志同道合 xié lì tóng xīn协力同心 dào tóng zhì hé道同志合

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