lie awake all night(qǐn bù chéng mèi)
lie awake all night
Sleepless, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ǐ Nb ù ch é NGM è I, meaning unable to sleep. It's a matter of mind. It comes from the fifth chapter of Qi CE in the Warring States period.
The origin of Idioms
"Qi CE 5" in the Warring States strategy: "the king of Qin was afraid of it. He couldn't sleep and eat well."
Analysis of Idioms
Sleeplessness
Idiom usage
Xuande couldn't sleep because he thought of the water mirror. The thirty fifth chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : qǐn bù chéng mèi
lie awake all night
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