飽食終日,無所用心
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[edit]to spend the whole day eating | to not give serious thought to anything; carefree; happy-go-lucky | |||
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trad. (飽食終日,無所用心) | 飽食終日 | , | 無所用心 | |
simp. (饱食终日,无所用心) | 饱食终日 | , | 无所用心 |
Etymology
[edit]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.]
- 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.” [Pinyin]
- 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."
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.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖˋ , ㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǎoshíhjhongrìh, wúsuǒyòngsin
- Wade–Giles: pao3-shih2-chung1-jih4, wu2-so3-yung4-hsin1
- Yale: bǎu-shŕ-jūng-r̀-, wú-swǒ-yùng-syīn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baoshyrjongryh, wusuooyonqshin
- Palladius: баошичжунжи, усоюнсинь (baošičžunži, usojunsinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baau2 sik6 zung1 jat6, mou4 so2 jung6 sam1
- Yale: báau sihk jūng yaht, mòuh só yuhng sām
- Cantonese Pinyin: baau2 sik9 dzung1 jat9, mou4 so2 jung6 sam1
- Guangdong Romanization: bao2 xig6 zung1 yed6, mou4 so2 yung6 sem1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːu̯³⁵ sɪk̚² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚² mou̯²¹ sɔː³⁵ jʊŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]飽食終日,無所用心
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