目不交睫

mù bù jiāo jié

Dictionary entry

lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom)

What does 目不交睫 mean?

目不交睫 (mù bù jiāo jié) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom)

2fig. to not sleep a wink

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目mùeye · (literary) to look; to regard 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over · to make friends 睫jiéeyelashes

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目不交睫

mù bù jiāo jié

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