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Open the tool →民不安枕 (mín bù ān zhěn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “People are unable to sleep peacefully”.
民不安枕 is pronounced mín bù ān zhěn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 民不安枕 means “the populace cannot rest peacefully; people cannot sleep soundly”. It is used to mean “People are unable to sleep peacefully”.
安:安稳。人民不能安心睡觉。形容生活极不稳定