to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)

old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]

to sleep peacefully

bedding

tomb (of king or emperor)

to neglect sleep and food

bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period

see 寢食難安|寝食难安[qin3 shi2 nan2 an1]

(lit.) unable to sleep or eat in peace (idiom); (fig.) deeply worried or troubled

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

(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work

see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]

see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]

lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); fig. to keep ready for battle at all times

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