"寤寐" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋ̍²² mei̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/, /ŋ̍²² mei̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: wùmèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˋ ㄇㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ng⁶ mei⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wùmèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wùmèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wu⁴-mei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wù-mèi [Mandarin, Yale], wuhmey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], умэй [Mandarin, Palladius], umɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], ngh meih [Cantonese, Yale], ng⁶ mei⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ng⁶ méi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], nguH mjijH [Middle-Chinese], /*ŋˤa-s mi[t]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ŋaːs mids/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 寤寐
  1. (literary) being awake and asleep; (figurative) all the time; day and night Tags: literary Categories (topical): Sleep Derived forms: 寤寐不寧, 寤寐不宁, 寤寐以求, 寤寐求之
    Sense id: en-寤寐-zh-noun--H9tHKhd Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds, Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "窈窕淑女,寤寐求之。求之不得,寤寐思服。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]",
          "text": "From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nYǎotiǎo shūnǚ, wùmèi qiú zhī. Qiú zhī bùdé, wùmèi sīfú. [Pinyin]",
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          "text": "寤寐无为,涕泗滂沱。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nWùmèi wúwéi, tìsì pāngtuó. [Pinyin]",
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