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Chinese
Etymology
From the Analects, Book 17 (《論語·陽貨》):
子曰：「飽食終日，無所用心，難矣哉！不有博弈者乎，為之猶賢乎已。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰：「饱食终日，无所用心，难矣哉！不有博弈者乎，为之犹贤乎已。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Bǎoshí zhōngrì, wú suǒ yòngxīn, nán yǐ zāi! Bù yǒu bóyì zhě hū, wéi zhī yóu xián hū yǐ.”
- The Master said, "Hard is it to deal with who will stuff himself with food the whole day, without applying his mind to anything good! Are there not gamesters and chess players? To be one of these would still be better than doing nothing at all."
Pronunciation
Idiom
飽食終日，無所用心
- to eat all day without thinking; to eat three square meals a day and do no work; to be sated with food and lead an idle life