Yè cháng, mèng duō.*

夜長夢多。

Lit The longer the night, the more dreams [one has].

Fig Long delays cause many hitches. The longer one delays, the more problems one will have.

Note [Cf. Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn, chap. 23; this is also used as a chengyu; see also luó-gǔ chángle and rì cháng, shì duō above.]

Topics chengyu DELAY Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn PROBLEMS TIMING yècháng-mèngduō