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The word 恶梦 (èmèng, "nightmare") is formed by directly combining two meaningful characters: 恶, which carries the core idea of "bad", "evil", or "fierce", with 梦, which means "dream". The formation is purely conceptual and visual, where the first character acts as a powerful descriptor that modifies and corrupts the inherent nature of the second, transforming a neutral "dream" into a specific and terrifying kind, a "bad-dream". It is a straightforward, intuitive compound where the meaning of the whole is immediately apparent from the stark, contrasting ideas of its parts.
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昨晚我做了一个可怕的恶梦。
那个恶梦的内容我至今还记得很清楚。
这场突如其来的疫情，对许多人来说犹如一场漫长的恶梦。
他试图用药物逃避现实，却陷入了更深沉的恶梦。
那段被囚禁的黑暗历史，是整个民族无法醒来的历史恶梦。