zǎi​yǔ​zhòu​qǐn

sleep during the day

  • created sense approved 宰予昼寝/宰予晝寢 · zǎi​yǔ​zhòu​qǐn · sleep during the day — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宰予昼寝 / 宰予晝寢

    zǎi​yǔ​zhòu​qǐn

    sleep during the day

    Zai Yu sleeps during the day; an idiom referring to a story from the Analects of Confucius where he scolds his student for sleeping during lectures, used to describe a person who is lazy and beyond hope

    宰予 (literal) → 宰予 · zǎi​yú · Zai Yu 昼寝 (literal) → 昼寝/晝寢 · zhòu​qǐn · to nap

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