夜不成眠 yè bù chéng mián

to be unable to sleep at night

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to be unable to sleep at night

Characters

Character Meaning
夜 yè HSK 5
night; variant of 夜yè
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
成 chéng HSK 3
to become; to succeed; to complete
眠 mián HSK 5
to sleep; to hibernate