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
A longer dream is a shorter one
concious of a kindness and acknowledging a duty to repay it. zhī ēn bào ēn
good writings make people copy them. luò yáng zhǐ guì
roundness inside but squareness outside. wài fāng nèi yuán
perform a meritorious service to atone for one 's crimes. lì gōng shú zuì