睡眠
shuì mián
Pinyin

Definition

睡眠
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shuì mián
  1. sleep
  2. to sleep
  3. (computing) to enter sleep mode

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

睡
shuì
  1. 1 to sleep
  2. 2 to lie down
睡觉
shuì jiào
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 to sleep
入睡
rù shuì
  1. 1 to fall asleep
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
睡意
shuì yì
  1. 1 sleepiness

Idioms (5)

不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū
  1. 1 without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
席地而睡
xí dì ér shuì
  1. 1 to sleep on the ground (idiom)
我醉欲眠
wǒ zuì yù mián
  1. 1 lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
  2. 2 (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
抵足而眠
dǐ zú ér mián
  1. 1 lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

肝火的问题就严重了。不光是生理上的，还和情绪有关。容易激动的人往往肝火大。肝火一大，人就容易口干舌燥、口臭、头痛、头晕、眼干、睡眠不稳定、身体闷热......
gānhuǒ de wèntí jiù yánzhòng le 。bùguāng shì shēnglǐ shàng de ，hái hé qíngxù yǒuguān 。róngyì jīdòng de rén wǎngwǎng gānhuǒ dà 。gānhuǒ yī dà ，rén jiù róngyì kǒugānshézào 、kǒuchòu 、tóutòng 、tóuyūn 、yǎn gān 、shuìmián bù wěndìng 、shēntǐ mēnrè ......
Fire in the liver is really serious. This is not just a physical problem, it is also related to your state of mind. It's easy for excitable people to get fire in the liver. As soon as the fire in your liver gets too hot, it's easy for you to get dry mouth, bad breath, headache and dizziness, dry eyes, disturbed sleep, and mugginess in the body.
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其实你知道吗？早起倒逼得我养成了早睡的好习惯，我以前一度也是“晚上刷手机睡不着，早上闹钟叫醒不来”，而很多早起的人都能早睡，这是睡眠守恒定律。哈哈。
qíshí nǐ zhīdào ma ？zǎoqǐ dào bī de wǒ yǎngchéng le zǎo shuì de hǎo xíguàn ，wǒ yǐqián yīdù yě shì “wǎnshang shuā shǒujī shuì bu zháo ，zǎoshang nàozhōng jiào xǐngbùlái ”，ér hěn duō zǎoqǐ de rén dōu néng zǎo shuì ，zhè shì shuìmián shǒuhéng dìnglǜ 。hāhā 。
You know what? Waking up early has actually forced me to get into the habit of going to bed early. I also went through a phase of "if I don't use my phone at night I can't sleep and I can't wake up in the morning even with an alarm". In actual fact, most people that rise early, head to bed early. That's the laws of quality sleep! haha.
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老赵啊，按着;您上回的养生建议，调整了作息时间之后，我的睡眠质量确实提升不少；睡眠充足了，精神也越发矍铄，工作效率极高，真是良性循环。
Lǎo Zhào ā ，àn zhe ;nín shànghuí de yǎngshēng jiànyì ，tiáozhěng le zuò shíjiān zhīhòu ，wǒ de shuìmián zhìliàng quèshí tíshēng bùshǎo ；shuìmián chōngzú le ，jīngshén yě yuèfā juéshuò ，gōngzuò xiàolǜ jígāo ，zhēn shì liángxìng xúnhuán 。
Lao Zhao, going along with the health suggestions you gave me last time I adjusted my rest and work patterns and it's really improved my quality of sleep; Now I'm getting enough sleep, my psychological state is getting better and better, and I'm extremely efficient at work. It really is a virtuous cycle.
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哪能啊，您真是说笑了，重视睡眠，调整作息，除此以外还有什么简单有效的养生法啊？
nǎnéng ā ，nín zhēn shì shuōxiào le ，zhòngshì shuìmián ，tiáozhěng zuòxī ，chúcǐyǐwài háiyǒu shénme jiǎndān yǒuxiào de yǎngshēng fǎ ā ？
Not at all. You really must be kidding me. Except for making sure to get enough sleep and adjusting your work and rest patterns, what other simple but effective health tips are there?
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嗨，过奖过奖，不过中医养生讲究的六个字“三分调，七分养”，药物只是治标，而通过日常睡眠、饮食、情绪等各方面养成良好习惯，才能使身体保持平衡。
hāi ，guòjiǎng guòjiǎng ，bùguò zhōngyī yǎngshēng jiǎngjiu de liù gè zì “sānfēn tiáo ，qīfēn yǎng ”，yàowù zhǐshì zhìbiāo ，ér tōngguò rìcháng shuìmián 、yǐnshí 、qíngxù děng gèfāngmiàn yǎngchéng liánghǎo xíguàn ，cáinéng shǐ shēntǐ bǎochí pínghéng 。
Hey, you're too polite. However, the six character phrase captures the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "three parts treatment, seven parts life habits". Drugs treat the symptoms, not the cause, and it's through acquiring good habits in terms of aspects like sleeping everyday, food and drink and emotional wellbeing, that you maintain equilibrium in your body.
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没没没，我理解你们年轻人都崇尚办事效率，不过中医养生真不是一蹴而就的，如果你非得要我想那么一招，我想那大概就是重视睡眠。
méi méi méi ，wǒ lǐjiě nǐmen niánqīngrén dōu chóngshàng bànshì xiàolǜ ，bùguò zhōngyī yǎngshēng zhēn bù shì yīcùérjiù de ，rúguǒ nǐ fēiděi yào wǒ xiǎng nàme yī zhāo ，wǒ xiǎng nà dàgài jiùshì zhòngshì shuìmián 。
No, no, I understand that you young people are all about efficiency, however, traditional Chinese medicine really isn't about solving everything in one go. If you really want me to think of a technique like that, then I'd have to say it's taking care of your sleep habits.
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睡眠？这一整年来，我几乎天天熬夜啊，恨不得一分钟掰成四分钟来用，睡眠对我来说简直太奢侈了。
shuìmián ？zhè yī zhěng nián lái ，wǒ jīhū tiāntiān áoyè ā ，hènbude yīfēnzhōng bāi chéng sì fēnzhōng lái yòng ，shuìmián duìwǒláishuō jiǎnzhí tài shēchǐ le 。
Sleep? I've been staying up late every night for almost this entire year. I'm always eager to make more use of my time, so you could say sleeping is like a luxury for me.
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这样就太得不偿失咯，中医说“养生之诀，当以睡眠为先，睡能还精，睡能养气，睡能健脾益胃，睡能坚骨强筋”，古人的经验之谈还是有可取之处的。
zhèyàng jiù tài débùchángshī lo ，zhōngyī shuō “yǎngshēng zhī jué ，dāng yǐ shuìmián wèi xiān ，shuì néng huán jīng ，shuì néng yǎngqì ，shuì néng jiànpí yìwèi ，shuì néng jiāngǔ qiángjīn ”，gǔrén de jīngyàn zhī tán háishì yǒu kěqǔzhīchù de 。
The gains really don't surpass what you lose in this case. There's a saying in traditional Chinese medicine circles: "Sleep should take priority in any health strategy, as sleep can restore your spirit, sleep can restore chi, sleep is beneficial for the stomach and the spleen and sleep can strengthen your bones and build your muscles." There's always something to learn from the experience of those from pre-modern China.
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哦，我最近工作压力大，睡眠不足，全身乏力，肌肉酸痛，也没什么食欲。你们老板他就推荐我泡这个。
ò ，wǒ zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì dà ，shuìmián bùzú ，quánshēn fálì ，jīròu suāntòng ，yě méishénme shíyù 。nǐmen lǎobǎn tā jiù tuījiàn wǒ pào zhège 。
I see, I'm feeling a lot of pressure at work and not getting enough sleep, my whole body feels weak, my muscles are aching and I have no appetite. Your boss recommended that I take this treatment.
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您说得太对了，足浴有很多功效的，除了你说的促进血液循环，还能调整血压、促进新陈代谢、消除疲劳、改善睡眠、增加抵抗力等等等等。
nín shuō de tài duì le ，zúyù yǒu hěn duō gōngxiào de ，chúle nǐshuōde cùjìn xuèyè xúnhuán ，hái néng tiáozhěng xuèyā 、cùjìn xīnchéndàixiè 、xiāochú píláo 、gǎishàn shuìmián 、zēngjiā dǐkànglì děngdengděngdeng 。
That's exactly right, foot spas are effective for many different ailments, as well as helping with blood circulation, they also regulate blood pressure, boost the metabolism, reduce exhaustion, improve sleep and build up the immune system.
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