宰予昼寝

zǎi yǔ zhòu qǐn

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Definitions

  1. 1. Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

Child Words of 宰予昼寝

宰
zǎi

to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)

予
yú

(archaic) I

予
yǔ

(literary) to give

宰予
zǎi yú

Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius

寝
qǐn

to lie down

昼
zhòu

daytime