A long day's sorrow

A long day's sorrow

It's a Chinese idiom, CH ó UDU ō y è ch á ng in pinyin, which means that you can't sleep at night because you are depressed and feel that time is long and hard to send. From Nineteen Ancient Poems.

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Because of the depression, I can't sleep at night and feel the time is long.

[source] Nineteen Ancient Poems: "when winter comes, the north wind is so miserable! Worry about the long night, look up at the stars

[example] song Huayue's "records of Cuiwei's expedition to the South · the charm of Cixiang Zi's rites in autumn": "when the poem is finished, it's especially broad, and it's longer to worry about many nights."

Used as an object or attributive; used when people are upset.

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: because the mood is melancholy and sleepless at night, feel the time is long and difficult to send. Examples of idioms: when poetry is over, you will be rich, but when you worry about it, you will have a longer night. In Song Dynasty, Huayue's Cuiwei South expedition record, autumn meaning, Cixiang Zili rhyme, the degree of common use: general grammar usage: as object and attribute; idiom structure for people's troubles: combined type, generation time: ancient times