沉睡
chén shuì
Pinyin

Definition

沉睡
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chén shuì
  1. to be fast asleep
  2. (fig.) to lie dormant
  3. to lie undiscovered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

睡
shuì
  1. 1 to sleep
  2. 2 to lie down
睡觉
shuì jiào
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 to sleep
入睡
rù shuì
  1. 1 to fall asleep
沉浸
chén jìn
  1. 1 to soak
  2. 2 to permeate
  3. 3 to immerse
沉淀
chén diàn
  1. 1 to settle
  2. 2 to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
沉重
chén zhòng
  1. 1 heavy
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 critical
沉默
chén mò
  1. 1 taciturn
  2. 2 uncommunicative
  3. 3 silent
睡意
shuì yì
  1. 1 sleepiness
睡眠
shuì mián
  1. 1 sleep
  2. 2 to sleep
  3. 3 (computing) to enter sleep mode
睡着
shuì zháo
  1. 1 to fall asleep
睡衣
shuì yī
  1. 1 night clothes
  2. 2 pajamas
睡醒
shuì xǐng
  1. 1 to wake up
瞌睡
kē shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 to doze
  3. 3 to nap
下沉
xià chén
  1. 1 to sink down
低沉
dī chén
  1. 1 overcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 downcast
  4. 4 deep and low (of sound)
  5. 5 muffled
午睡
wǔ shuì
  1. 1 to take a nap
  2. 2 siesta
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
嗜睡症
shì shuì zhèng
  1. 1 hypersomnia
  2. 2 excessive sleepiness (medical)
小睡
xiǎo shuì
  1. 1 to nap
  2. 2 to doze
想睡
xiǎng shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy

Idioms (12)

好酒沉瓮底
hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ
  1. 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the best is saved for last
席地而睡
xí dì ér shuì
  1. 1 to sleep on the ground (idiom)
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)
沉湎酒色
chén miǎn jiǔ sè
  1. 1 to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
  2. 2 an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
沉着应战
chén zhuó yìng zhàn
  1. 1 to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
  1. 1 habitually silent (idiom)
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 uncommunicative
沉默是金
chén mò shì jīn
  1. 1 Silence is golden. (idiom)
石沉大海
shí chén dà hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to elicit no response
破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

Sample Sentences

如果一行诗句可以代表一种诗派，我就愿举这行诗为象征诗派艺术的代表。每次念及，我不禁想起法国现代画家昂利·卢梭（Henri Rousseau）的杰作“沉睡的吉普赛人”。
rúguǒ yìháng shījù kěyǐ dàibiǎo yīzhǒng shī pài ，wǒ jiù yuàn jǔ zhè xíng shī wèi xiàngzhēng shī pài yìshù de dàibiǎo 。měicì niànjí ，wǒ bùjīn xiǎng qǐ Fǎguó xiàndài huàjiā Ánglì ·Lú Suō （Henri Rousseau ）de jiézuò “chénshuì de Jípǔsàirén ”。
If one line of poetry can represent a poetic movement, I would nominate this line to represent Symbolism. Each time I recite this line, I can't help but think of 'The Sleeping Gypsy', a masterpiece by contemporary French artist Henri Rousseau.
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