Word information
Simplified寝食难安
Traditional寢食難安
Pinyinqǐn shí nán ān
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Chinese word dictionary
寝食难安
qǐn shí nán ān · lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled
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