宰予昼寝

zǎi yǔ zhòu qǐn

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

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Child Words of 宰予昼寝

• 宰 宰 zǎi: to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
• 予 予 yú: (archaic) I
• 予 予 yǔ: (literary) to give
• 宰予 宰予 zǎi yú: Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
• 寝 寝 qǐn: to lie down
• 昼 昼 zhòu: daytime