(literary) awake or asleep; (fig.) all the time; constantly
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, literary
being awake and asleep; (figurative) all the time; day and night
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
彼泽之陂，有蒲与荷。有美一人，伤如之何。寤寐无为，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBǐ zé zhī bēi, yǒu pú yǔ hé. Yǒu měi yī rén, shāng rú zhī hé. Wùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]By the shores of that marsh,There are rushes and lotus plants.
彼泽之陂，有蒲与荷。有美一人，伤如之何。寤寐无为，涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBǐ zé zhī bēi, yǒu pú yǔ hé. Yǒu měi yī rén, shāng rú zhī hé. Wùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]By the shores of that marsh,There are rushes and lotus plants.
Ｔｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｂｅａｕｔｉｆｕｌ ｌａｄｙ ； －
I am tortured for her, but what avails it? Waking or sleeping, I do nothing; From my eyes and nose the water streams.