寤寐
Chinese
awake from sleep | sleep soundly | ||
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trad. (寤寐) | 寤 | 寐 | |
simp. #(寤寐) | 寤 | 寐 |
Pronunciation
Noun
寤寐
- (literary) being awake and asleep; (figurative) all the time; day and night
- 窈窕淑女,寤寐求之。求之不得,寤寐思服。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, wùmèi qiú zhī. Qiú zhī bùdé, wùmèi sīfú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
Waking and sleeping, he sought her.
He sought her and found her not,
And waking and sleeping he thought about her.
- 寤寐無為,涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]
- Waking or sleeping, I do nothing;
From my eyes and nose the water streams.
寤寐无为,涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
- 寤寐不寧/寤寐不宁
- 寤寐以求
- 寤寐求之
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