饱食终日，无所用心

bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn

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Definitions

1. to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
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 心 xīn: heart
• 所 所 suǒ: actually
• 日 日 rì: sun
• 无 无 wú: not to have
• 用 用 yòng: to use
• 用心 用心 yòng xīn: motive
• 饱 饱 bǎo: to eat till full
• 无所用心 无所用心 wú suǒ yòng xīn: not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away
• 终 终 zhōng: end
• 终日 终日 zhōng rì: all day long
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)
• 饱食终日 饱食终日 bǎo shí zhōng rì: to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)