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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
宰 zǎi HSK 6
to slaughter livestock; to cheat customers
予 yǔ HSK 6
to give; me; (archaic) I
昼 zhòu HSK 6
daytime
寝 qǐn HSK 6
to lie down; old variant of 寢qǐn