交睫

jiāojié
to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)

CEDICT

  1. 上下睫毛相接。
  2. 閉目。表示睡覺。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 交 jiāo
  1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
  2. to make friends
  3. (of lines) to intersect
  4. variant of 跤 jiāo
2 睫 jié eyelashes

Containing this entry

目不交睫 mùbùjiāojié
  1. lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom)
  2. fig. to not sleep a wink

Related entries

合眼 héyǎn
  1. to close one's eyes
  2. to get to sleep
瞑目 míngmù
  1. to close one's eyes
  2. (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。

Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.

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