Long night and short dream

Long night and short dream

Long night and short dream, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y è ch á NGM è ngdu ǎ n, which means it is difficult to fall asleep because of something on your mind. It comes from Linjiang fairy by Chao Chongzhi of Song Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

[idiom]: a long night and a short dream [Pinyin]: y è ch á NGM è ngdu ǎ n [explanation]: it means that it is difficult to fall asleep because of something on your mind.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: Song Chao Chongzhi's poem linjiangxian: "long night, short dream, less tears, more sorrow."

Discrimination of words

She was lying on the Kang in her cloak, and she could not find a solution. The night is long and the dream is short. She just waits for the dawn. Xu Dishan's the way home [pinyin code]: ycmd [usage]: used as object and attribute; used in written language