wǒ​zuì​yù​mián

I'm drunk and want to sleep

  • created sense approved 我醉欲眠 · wǒ​zuì​yù​mián · I'm drunk and want to sleep — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    我醉欲眠

    wǒ​zuì​yù​mián

    I'm drunk and want to sleep

    (idiom) I am drunk and would like to sleep; used to describe a person's sincere, natural, and straightforward character. Derived from a story about the poet [[陶渊明|陶淵明|tao2 yuan1 ming2]] who would bluntly tell guests to leave when he was tired.

    我 (literal) → 我 · wǒ · I 醉 (literal) → 醉 · zuì · drunk 欲 (literal) → 欲 · yù · to want 眠 (literal) → 眠 · mián · to sleep

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