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

閉上眼睛。常用於指睡眠、休息。《三國演義．第八一回》：「原來張飛每睡不合眼。當夜寢於帳中，二賊見他鬚堅目張，本不敢動手。」《紅樓夢．第八○回》：「寶玉如今巴不得各處去逛逛，聽見如此，喜的一夜不曾合眼。」也作「閤眼」、「闔眼」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 死亡
  2. 睡覺時閉上眼睛

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