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饱食终日，无所用心

bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn

Definitions

  1. 1. to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
  2. 2. to be sated with food and remain idle

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Child Words of 饱食终日，无所用心

心
xīn

heart

所
suǒ

actually

日
rì

sun

无
wú

not to have

用
yòng

to use

用心
yòng xīn

motive

饱
bǎo

to eat till full

无所用心
wú suǒ yòng xīn

not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away

终
zhōng

end

终日
zhōng rì

all day long

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)

饱食终日
bǎo shí zhōng rì

to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)