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飽食終日，無所用心

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Mandarin · pinyin bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn

to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom)
to be sated with food and remain idle

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飽: Look up this written character
食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
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所: suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
用: yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use
心: xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
饱: bǎo · eat heartily; eat one's fill
终: zhōng · end; finally, in the end
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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