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眠 mián

  1. mián verb to sleep
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature 大自然
  2. mián noun torpor / drowsiness / middha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: middha, Pāli: middha

Contained in

失眠 、 睡眠 、 催眠 、 欲贪随眠 、 随眠 、 冬眠

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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CollectionDocument TitleOccurrences
Selections of Tang Poetry Spring Dawn 3
Selections of Tang Poetry Smallholders' Homes by the Wei River 3
Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru 1

Collocations

SimplifiedTraditionalExampleExample ReferenceFrequency
眠桑 眠桑 蠶眠桑葉稀 Selections of Tang Poetry Smallholders' Homes by the Wei River 2
春眠 春眠 春眠不覺曉 Selections of Tang Poetry Spring Dawn 2
蚕眠 蠶眠 蠶眠桑葉稀 Selections of Tang Poetry Smallholders' Homes by the Wei River 2

Usage

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ExampleSourceOccurrences
視眩眠而無見兮 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》 1
春眠不覺曉 Spring Dawn in Selections of Tang Poetry 3
蠶眠桑葉稀 Smallholders' Homes by the Wei River in Selections of Tang Poetry 3