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飽食終日

简饱食终日 · 繁飽食終日

Mandarin · pinyin bǎo shí zhōng rì

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

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飽: Look up this written character
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
終: Look up this written character
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
饱: bǎo · eat heartily; eat one's fill
终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end

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3–2–1–4 · bao3 shi2 zhong1 ri4

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baau2 sik6 zung1 jat6

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

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