寝食难安

寝
寢
食
食
难
難
安
安
lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled

Characters and words in 寝食难安

寝
寑
qǐn = qi + (e)n3
old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
寝
寢
qǐn = qi + (e)n3
to lie down
食
shí = sh + Ø2
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
食
sì = s + Ø4
to feed (a person or animal)
难
難
nán = n + an2
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
难 = 又 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.
难 = 又 + 隹 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.
难
難
nàn = n + an4
disaster / distress / to scold
安
a̅n = Ø + an1
surname An
安
a̅n = Ø + an1
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1 yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1 pei2])
安 = 女 + 宀 : Albert Einstein prepared an experiment: He invented a new sport and tries it out himself. Using a seat belt, he jumps off anthill's roof. To his surprise, he lands in a graduation cap that Bessie Coleman put there to capture him.

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