be unable to sit down or sleep at ease
Restlessness, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ò w ò B ā n, which means sitting and lying are not peaceful. To describe a person who is upset and worried. From the water margin.
The origin of Idioms
The fortieth chapter of the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "since my brother ate official affairs, my brother was restless, and there was no way to save him."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; predicate, complement; commendatory. example for several days, I was in a trance and restless. (Volume 6 of ancient and modern novels by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : zuò wò bù ān
be unable to sit down or sleep at ease
advantageous to both public and private interest. gōng sī liǎng biàn
be confused like a tangle of flax. máng wú duān xù
steal the beams and pillars and replace them with rotten timbers. chōu liáng huàn zhù