be unable to sit down or sleep at ease

be unable to sit down or sleep at ease

Restlessness, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ò w ò B ā n, which means sitting and lying are not peaceful. To describe a person who is upset and worried. From the water margin.

The origin of Idioms

The fortieth chapter of the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "since my brother ate official affairs, my brother was restless, and there was no way to save him."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, complement; commendatory. example for several days, I was in a trance and restless. (Volume 6 of ancient and modern novels by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)