寝食难安 (寢食難安)
qǐn shí nán ān
Pinyin
Definition
寝食难安 (寢食難安)
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- lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
- fig. extremely worried and troubled
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三旬九食
- 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
- 3 in dire straits
不安其室
- 1 to be discontented with one's home
- 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
人为财死,鸟为食亡
- 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
入土为安
- 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
因噎废食
- 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk