宰予

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

Characters and words in 宰予

to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

= + : Zorro (z) is preparing a terrible kind of kimchi (辛) in the airplane (ai3). He is slaughtering livestock (宰) and collecting it together with the kimchi in a huge, turned-over graduation cap (宀).
(archaic) I / me
to give

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: Confucius's disciple 宰予 who used to sleep during Confucuis's lectures.

Yu the Great is giving a lecture in the space station, but her only listener Zai Yu fell asleep right at the start. First, Yu the Great tried to poke him with her finger. No reaction. Then she hit him with a crowbar. Again, no reaction. Finally, Yu the Great got so angry that she was close to hitting Zai Yu with two sickles.
(literary) to give

Words with 宰予

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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