黄粱美梦

huáng liáng měi mèng

dream of golden millet

fig. illusions of wealth and power; pipe dream

huáng

yellow

liáng

sorghum

měi

(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])

mèng

dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4])