彻夜不眠

徹夜不眠
chèyè-bùmián
idiom #37,494

Meanings

  1. 1 to be sleepless all night
  2. 2 to stay up the entire night

Examples

HSK 4
Tā wèi zhège xiàngmù chèyèbùmián.
He stayed up all night for this project.
HSK 6
Tā dānxīn érzi de bìngqíng, chèyèbùmián.
Worried about her son's condition, she didn't sleep a wink all night.

Tips

usage
A literary 4-character set phrase rather than a canonical chengyu - it's not in the 新华成语词典. Use it in writing for situations of intense worry, work, or grief. The everyday colloquial equivalent is 一整晚没睡 (yì zhěng wǎn méi shuì).

Stroke Order

chè
mián