be sated with food and lead an idle life(bǎo shí zhōng rì)

be sated with food and lead an idle life

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ǎ OSH í zh ō NgR ì, which means to have enough to eat all day without thinking or doing anything serious. It comes from the Analects of Confucius Yang Huo.

Idiom explanation

All day: all day. Eat all day long, don't think, don't do anything serious.

The origin of Idioms

The Analects of Confucius Yanghuo: "it's hard to eat all day and have no intention."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicative and attributive; it's full to eat all day, it's idle. If a person has no intention, he is the least promising.

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Confucius often taught his students to learn from Yan Hui, not to pursue wealth and enjoyment, but to study hard. Confucius said that if a person is full all day long and has nothing to do and doesn't think about problems carefully, there will be no success. People who play chess in the world, though leisurely, have to work hard. It's much better than those who have enough to eat all day.

Chinese PinYin : bǎo shí zhōng rì