洗洗睡

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Chinese

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to wash; to bathe to wash; to bathe to sleep
trad. (洗洗睡)
simp. #(洗洗睡)
Literally: “to wash-wash-sleep; to wash up and go to sleep”.

Etymology

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The sense is from 洗洗睡什麼洗洗睡什么 (Wash yourself and go to sleep, you can have everything in your dreams).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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洗洗睡

  1. (neologism, slang, humorous) to put one's mind at rest; to stop wasting one's energy on something; to give up on an idea