qǐn shí nán ān

Traditional: 寢食難安

寝食难安 (qǐn shí nán ān) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  2. 2fig. extremely worried and troubled

Characters in 寝食难安

寝qǐn · (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest食shí · to eat难nán · difficult (to...)安ān · (bound form) calm; peaceful

Related words

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