qǐn​shān​zhěn​kuài

mourning for parents

  1. to sleep
    (bound form) to sleep; to lie down to rest; relating to sleep as in 寝室 qǐn​shì or 寝具 qǐn​jù
  2. mourning mat
    a straw mat used for sleeping on during a period of mourning to show grief
  3. to mourn one's parents
    (literary) to use a lump of clay as a pillow while sleeping in a mourning hut, showing deep grief for the death of a parent