宰予昼寝
Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn
Pinyin

Definition

宰予昼寝
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Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn
  1. Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主宰
zhǔ zǎi
  1. 1 to dominate
  2. 2 to rule
  3. 3 to dictate
  4. 4 master
授予
shòu yǔ
  1. 1 to award
  2. 2 to confer
给予
jǐ yǔ
  1. 1 to accord
  2. 2 to give
  3. 3 to show (respect)
赐予
cì yǔ
  1. 1 to grant
  2. 2 to bestow
予
yú
  1. 1 (archaic) I
  2. 2 me
予以
yǔ yǐ
  1. 1 to give
  2. 2 to impose
  3. 3 to apply
宰相
zǎi xiàng
  1. 1 prime minister (in feudal China)
赋予
fù yǔ
  1. 1 to assign
  2. 2 to entrust (a task)
  3. 3 to give
  4. 4 to bestow
不予
bù yú
  1. 1 to withhold
  2. 2 to refuse
主宰者
zhǔ zǎi zhě
  1. 1 ruler
准予
zhǔn yǔ
  1. 1 to grant
  2. 2 to approve
  3. 3 to permit
宰
zǎi
  1. 1 to slaughter livestock
  2. 2 to govern or rule
  3. 3 to cheat customers
  4. 4 imperial official in dynastic China
宰人
zǎi rén
  1. 1 to overcharge
  2. 2 to rip sb off
宰割
zǎi gē
  1. 1 to slaughter
  2. 2 (fig.) to ride roughshod over
  3. 3 to take advantage of (others)
宰客
zǎi kè
  1. 1 to cheat customers
  2. 2 to overcharge
宰杀
zǎi shā
  1. 1 to slaughter
  2. 2 to butcher
  3. 3 to put down
寄予
jì yǔ
  1. 1 to place (hope, importance etc) on
  2. 2 to express
  3. 3 to show
  4. 4 to give
屠宰
tú zǎi
  1. 1 to slaughter
  2. 2 to butcher
屠宰场
tú zǎi chǎng
  1. 1 slaughterhouse
  2. 2 abattoir
挨宰
ái zǎi
  1. 1 to get ripped off

Idioms (7)

予以照顾
yǔ yǐ zhào gù
  1. 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
任人宰割
rèn rén zǎi gē
  1. 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
  2. 2 to be taken advantage of
宰予昼寝
Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn
  1. 1 Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
杀猪宰羊
shā zhū zǎi yáng
  1. 1 to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
杀鸡宰鹅
shā jī zǎi é
  1. 1 kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)

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