宰予昼寝 in English Zai3 Yu3 zhou4 qin3 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

宰 予 昼 寝

Traditional Characters

宰 予 晝 寢

Pinyin

Zai3 Yu3 zhou4 qin3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

宰zai3to slaughter livestock 予yu3(archaic) I 昼zhou4daytime 寝qin3old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]