寝食难安 — Chinese idiom
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān
Traditional: 寢食難安
Meaning
- (lit.) unable to sleep or eat in peace
- (fig.) deeply worried or troubled
Character by character
- 寝qǐnto sleep, to rest; bedroom
- 食shífood; to eat
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 安ānpeaceful, tranquil, quiet
Idioms sharing a character
- 寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài
- 废寝忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí
- 枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
- 食肉寝皮 shí ròu qǐn pí
- 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
- 弱肉强食 ruò ròu qiáng shí
- 灭此朝食 miè cǐ zhāo shí
- 狂饮暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí
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