when the dawn is breaking , and i cannot sleep

when the dawn is breaking , and i cannot sleep

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m í NGF ā B ù m è I, which means staying up all night. From the book of songs Xiaoya Xiaowan.

Idiom usage

Fu Yuanshu is a prudent and dignified man, who bows to the piety of the suburban temple, who is close to the ceremony of the new moon. Shi Diecheng is an honest man, who has exhausted his heart and never sleeps.

Analysis of Idioms

Stay up all night

The origin of Idioms

"Xiaoya Xiaowan" in the book of Songs: "if you are awake, there are two people who are pregnant."

Idiom explanation

Mingfa: Dawn, the sky is bright; Mei: yesterday. I stayed up all night.