人生如夢，夢也還是夢。

All life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 人生如夢 rénshēngrúmèng life is but a dream (idiom)
2 夢 mèng (bound form) to dream

classifiers: 場, 個
=3 也 Yě surname Ye
=3 也 yě
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a
=4 還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=4 還是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
5 夢 mèng (bound form) to dream

classifiers: 場, 個