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眠 mián

sleep, shut-eye, hibernatation

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 5
Radical
目
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 目民 ⿰目民

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  1. 最近他一直失眠。
    Zuìjìn tā yìzhí shīmián.
    Recently he has been suffering from insomnia.
    recently he always insomnia
  2. 你经常失眠吗？
    Nǐ jīngcháng shīmián ma?
    Do you often have insomnia?
    you often insomnia (question)
  3. 睡前少看手机，可以减少失眠。
    Shuì qián shǎo kàn shǒujī, kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo shīmián.
    Look at your phone less before sleep, it can reduce insomnia.
    sleep before less look phone, can reduce insomnia
  4. 他并没有严重的失眠问题。
    Tā bìng méiyǒu yánzhòng de shīmián wèntí.
    He doesn't actually have a serious insomnia problem.
    he at-all not-have serious (particle) insomnia problem
  5. 考试那段时间，她每天晚上都失眠。
    Kǎoshì nà duàn shíjiān, tā měitiān wǎnshang dōu shīmián.
    During the exam period, she had insomnia every night.
    exam that segment time, she every-day evening all insomnia

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