我这一宿没睡 刚眯着
“I've been up all night, just nodded off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
行行行
“Alright, alright.”
我这 一宿没睡 刚眯着
“I've been up all night, just nodded off.”
小贝呢
“Where's Bei?”
“Don't bother me or rush me, I'm completely exhausted and just closed my eyes.”
Everyday spoken Mandarin heavily favors vivid, localized verbs like '眯' (to doze) and measure-based time words like '一宿' over formal expressions like '整夜未眠'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stayed awake all night; didn't sleep a wink
A very common northern Mandarin colloquial phrase for pulling an all-nighter ('xiǔ' refers to a night).
just dozed off; had just fallen into a light sleep
The verb '眯' (mī) refers to closing one's eyes for a nap, and '着' (zháo) indicates successfully falling asleep.