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Chinese
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Verb
睡寐
- (literary) to doze
京邑衣冠，疲勞講肄，厭聞清談，對之睡寐；見我家兄，莫不驚視。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
京邑衣冠，疲劳讲肄，厌闻清谈，对之睡寐；见我家兄，莫不惊视。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論
- Jīngyì yīguān, píláo jiǎngyì, yàn wén qīngtán, duì zhī shuìmèi; jiàn wǒ jiāxiōng, mòbù jīng shì.
- The gentry of the capital are tired of discussing their studies, and they are fed up with listening to qingtan; when faced with these they sleep. When they see my dear elder brother, not one of them is not startled and looking at him.