feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping(qǐn shí bù ān)

feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Q ǐ NSH í B ā n, which means that you can't sleep well and eat well. You are very worried. 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."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, complement; derogatory; very anxious. example in the collection of Dunhuang Bianwen · ye Jingneng's Poems: "since then, the emperor has been yearning day and night; he is restless in sleep and food." In the 24th chapter of Ming Shi Naian's Shuihu, the story of Wang Po's bribery, and Yun GE's displeasure in the teahouse, Wu Song said, "if you ask your sister-in-law to suffer, Wu Song will have trouble sleeping and eating; the county will send a local soldier to call." In the 28th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Nai'an in Ming Dynasty, Wu Song's awe struck Anping village, Shi en and Yi captured the happy forest: "I didn't send any. It's the lack of merit and the lack of food and sleep. " The 24th chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: "Sun Quan retreated into his inner house, restless and indecisive." The 80th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty: "now I hear that the Lord holds Gu buhuang, but Gou Jian's heart is lonely and disappointed, and his sleep and food are restless. He is willing to ask the disease from the emperor to extend his feelings to his ministers." "Sun Fu said:" my elder brother is more than ten years old. He is strict with his family and is angry. His boudoir is eccentric. He sets up his body in his elder brother's place. He is honest when he has trouble sleeping and eating. " Chapter 4 of Shi Yukun's three heroes and five righteousness in Qing Dynasty: Bao Xing whispered: "Xianggong doesn't think about it. The villain has spent a lot of effort to find such a place for Xianggong, eat such delicious food and drink such good Chen Shaojiu, which is fragrant and mellow. Now that you've had enough to eat and drink, you're going to sleep. As the saying goes, "if you get paid for nothing, you have trouble sleeping and eating." Is Xianggong going this way? Why don't we go to the lady's bedroom? Is it not the best of both worlds to win over evil and evil by virtue of justice

Chinese PinYin : qǐn shí bù ān