{"path":"/entry/10128","title":"优哉游哉 / 優哉遊哉 (yōu zāi yóu zāi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"优哉游哉 / 優哉遊哉 (yōu zāi yóu zāi): see 悠哉悠哉 yōu zāi yōu zāi. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":10128,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["优哉游哉"],"TRADITIONAL":["優哉遊哉"]}},"phonetic":"yōu zāi yóu zāi","phoneticKey":"you1 zai1 you2 zai1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"see ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null},{"kind":"REF","text":null,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["悠哉悠哉"]}},"phonetic":"yōu zāi yōu zāi","phoneticKey":"you1 zai1 you1 zai1","readingId":41435}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["IDIOM"],"frequency":70979,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 222 (《詩經·小雅·采菽》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"乐只君子，福禄膍之。\n优哉游哉，亦是戾矣。","traditional":"樂只君子，福祿膍之。\n優哉游哉，亦是戾矣。"},"phonetic":"Lè zhǐ jūnzǐ, fúlù pí zhī.\nYōuzāiyóuzāi, yì shì lì yǐ.","english":"To be rejoiced in are the princes, And their happiness and dignities are enlarged.\nHow joyous, how happy, Is their coming here!","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}