安眠 (ān mián) — to sleep peacefully (formal/literary)
Definition
Formal/literary 'to sleep peacefully', often used in medical or written contexts (e.g. 安眠药 'sleeping pill'). For everyday speech, use 睡觉.
verb
to sleep peacefully (formal/literary)
Examples
- 安眠。Tā zuó wǎn ān mián le zhěng zhěng bā gè xiǎo shí.He slept peacefully for a full eight hours last night.
- 安眠。Yī shēng jiàn yì chī zhè zhǒng yào lái bāng zhù ān mián.The doctor recommends taking this medicine to help sleep peacefully.
- ，安眠。Zài zhè ge ān jìng de fáng jiān lǐ, tā hěn kuài jiù ān mián le.In this quiet room, she quickly fell into a peaceful sleep.
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