枕戈寝甲 — Chinese idiom
枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
Traditional: 枕戈寢甲
Meaning
- lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow
- fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
Character by character
- 枕zhěnpillow
- 戈gēspear, lance, halberd
- 寝qǐnto sleep, to rest; bedroom
- 甲jiǎarmor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
Idioms sharing a character
- 寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài
- 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
- 枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán
- 枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn
- 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú
- 高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
- 大动干戈 dà dòng gān gē
- 寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān
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