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Home / Idiom / 饱食终日

to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)

饱食终日
bǎo shí zhōng rì
b+ǎo·3rd tonesh+í·2nd tonezh+ōng·1st toner+ì·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to have nothing to do · to idle one's time away (idiom)无所事事wú suǒ shì shìto love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)好逸恶劳hào yì wù láoto hold a sinecure (idiom)尸位素餐shī wèi sù cānidle · lazy懒惰lǎn duònever move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite四体不勤，五谷不分sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
Antonyms
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work废寝忘食fèi qǐn wàng shínight and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort夜以继日yè yǐ jì rìto attend to everything personally事必躬亲shì bì gōng qīn
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