合眼

héyǎn
  1. to close one's eyes
  2. to get to sleep

CEDICT

  1. (euphemistic) to pass away
  2. to close one's eyes; to sleep
  3. to pass away

Wiktionary

闭上眼睛。常用于指睡眠、休息。《三国演义．第八一回》：「原来张飞每睡不合眼。当夜寝于帐中，二贼见他鬚坚目张，本不敢动手。」《红楼梦．第八○回》：「宝玉如今巴不得各处去逛逛，听见如此，喜的一夜不曾合眼。」也作「閤眼」、「阖眼」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 死亡
  2. 睡觉时闭上眼睛

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 合 hé
  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 hé
=1 合 hé variant of 合 hé
2 眼 yǎn
  1. (often used with 一 yī) a look; a glance
  2. small hole
  3. (bound form) salient point
  4. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

classifiers: 隻, 雙

Containing this entry

合眼摸象 héyǎnmōxiàng to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

Related entries

交睫 jiāojié to close one's eyes (i.e. 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.

Source: Tatoeba