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 5
Tā wèi zhège xiàngmù chèyèbùmián.
He stayed up all night for this project.
HSK 5
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

彻 chè
夜 yè
不 bù
眠 mián