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宰予昼寝

Zǎi zhòu qǐn Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
zǎi 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)
Zǎi Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
  (archaic) I / me
  (literary) to give
   zhòu daytime
    qǐn old variant of
    qǐn (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease
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