睡眼惺忪 — Chinese idiom
睡眼惺忪
shuì yǎn xīng sōng
Meaning
- sleepy-eyed; still half asleep
Character by character
- 睡shuìto sleep, to doze
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
- 惺xīngintelligent, clever, astute
- 忪sōngcalm, peaceful; quiet, tranquil
Idioms sharing a character
- 昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì
- 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn
- 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 一饱眼福 yī bǎo yǎn fú
- 以眼还眼 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
- 冷眼旁观 lěng yǎn páng guān
- 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng
- 大开眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè
- 手眼通天 shǒu yǎn tōng tiān
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