lay one 's head on one 's pillow and just drop off to sleep(gāo zhěn ān qǐn)

lay one 's head on one 's pillow and just drop off to sleep

Sleep in peace, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ā ozhen ě n ā NQ ǐ n, which means to put up the pillow and sleep in peace; it describes carefree and safe; it is the same as "sleep in peace". It comes from the book of the Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of the Han Dynasty, biography of the Xiongnu: "therefore, the northern Di did not accept, and China did not sleep peacefully."

Analysis of Idioms

Lie on one's back

Idiom usage

It means carefree.

Examples

It's just the same shape of being seen by the Chinese and sleeping in peace with their wives. Tao Qian's "SouShen Houji" (Volume 3)

Chinese PinYin : gāo zhěn ān qǐn