1. 黃粱夢 (huángliángmèng)

   1. 比喻虛幻的夢想。典出唐·沈既濟《枕中記》,說盧生在夢中享盡了榮華富貴,醒來時,蒸的黃粱米飯尚未熟,只落得一場空 Golden Millet Dream (from the story of a poor scholar who dreamt that he had become a high official but awoke to find only the pot of millet still cooking on the fire);pipe dream

黃粱夢 (huáng liáng mèng)

1. 盧生在邯鄲旅店遇道士呂翁，盧生自嘆窮困，呂翁便取出青瓷枕，讓盧生枕著睡覺，這時店主人正在蒸黃粱。當盧生從享盡榮華富貴的夢境中醒來，黃粱卻尚未蒸熟。見太平廣記．卷八十二．呂翁。比喻富貴榮華如夢一般，短促而虛幻；亦比喻慾望落空。

   • 醒世恆言．卷三十四．一文錢小隙造奇冤：「大唐咸通中應(yīng)進士舉，遊長安酒肆，遇正陽子鍾離先生，點破了黃粱夢，知宦途不足戀，遂求度世之術(shù)?！?/li>

2. 雜劇名。元馬致遠撰。取唐代沈既濟枕中記故事敷演而成。演呂洞賓感黃粱夢境，嘆人世虛幻的故事。