A longer dream is a shorter one(gēng cháng mèng duǎn)

A longer dream is a shorter one

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ē ngch á NGM è ngdu ǎ n, which means it's hard to fall asleep because of confused thoughts. From Qun Yin Lei Xuan Qing Qiang Lei Bu Bu Jiao.

Notes on Idioms

More: the old night time unit, five minutes a night, every more about two hours; longer: refers to the long night; short dream: refers to sleep is not steady, easy to wake up.

The origin of Idioms

Hu Wenhuan of the Ming Dynasty wrote in qunyin Lei Xuan (Qingqiang Lei · bububujiao) that "pitiful, desolate and sleepy, the screen window is half covered, the dream is longer and shorter, which makes people sad."

Idiom usage

To be an object or a clause; to be confused.

Chinese PinYin : gēng cháng mèng duǎn