sit up and wait for daybreak(zuò yǐ dài dàn)

sit up and wait for daybreak

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ò y ǐ D à ID à n, meaning to sit and wait for dawn. Polymorphous is also used to describe being unable to fall asleep due to restlessness or other reasons. From the book of history, taijiashang.

Analysis of Idioms

Day and night, sleepy and alert

The origin of Idioms

In the book of history, taijiashang: "the former king was not satisfied with Shuang, and Pi Xian was waiting for Dan."

Idiom usage

It's a serial verb; it's a predicate and an object; it's commendatory. The 50th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "this official is Zhao Dun, the prime minister. Because he wants to move towards the court, it is still early and he is waiting for the dawn." Chapter 97 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "after a short pause, Baoyu will go to sleep. Only then can Jiamu and others feel at ease and have to ~" Mencius · lilouxia: "I look up and think about it, day and night; fortunately, I sit and wait for the day."

Chinese PinYin : zuò yǐ dài dàn