这两天我是辗转反侧
“I've been losing sleep for days,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
黄局
“Chief Huang,”
这两天 我是 辗转反侧
“I've been losing sleep for days,”
夜不能寐
“tossing and turning all night.”
“Look how deeply I care about this issue—it is keeping me awake at night, so please acknowledge my devotion.”
In Chinese bureaucratic culture, framing one's work anxieties as sleepless nights highlights extreme devotion and responsibility to a superior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tossing and turning restlessly in bed
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) describing insomnia caused by heavy worries or deep contemplation.
these past couple of days
A frequent conversational time phrase used to frame recent ongoing developments or states of mind.