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