宰予昼寝

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

Characters and words in 宰予昼寝

zǎi = z + ai3
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)
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Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
= yu + Ø2
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= yu + Ø3
= yu + Ø3
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zhòu = zh + ou4
qǐn = qi + (e)n3
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