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Trad. 寢
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
- (bound form) bedroom
- (bound form) imperial tomb
- (literary) to stop; to cease
Trad. 寢苫枕塊
- bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)
- the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
Trad. 寢食難安
- lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
- fig. extremely worried and troubled
Trad. 忘餐廢寢
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
Trad. 枕戈寢甲
- lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
- fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
Trad. 壽終正寢
- to die of old age
- to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
- (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
Trad. 食肉寢皮
- to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
- implacable hatred
- to have sb's guts for garters
Trad. 廢寢忘食
- (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
Trad. 廢寢忘餐
- see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
Trad. 宰予晝寢
- Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures