寝食难安 (qǐn shí) — incapaz de comer ou dormir devido à preocupação (expressão idiomática); extremamente perturbado

Definição

Exemplos

• 听到这个坏消息后，他寝食难安了好几天。
  Tīng dào zhè ge huài xiāo xi hòu, tā qǐn shí le hǎo jǐ tiān.
  After hearing this bad news, he couldn't eat or sleep for several days.
• 考试结果没出来之前，学生们都寝食难安。
  Kǎo shì jié guǒ méi chū lái zhī qián, xué shēng men dōu qǐn shí.
  Before the exam results come out, all the students are extremely worried.
• 他因为家里的事寝食难安，看起来很不舒服。
  Tā yīn wèi jiā lǐ de shì qǐn shí, kàn qǐ lái hěn bù shū fu.
  He was so worried about family matters that he couldn't eat or sleep, and looked very uneasy.