{"path":"/entry/41435","title":"悠哉悠哉 (yōu zāi yōu zāi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"悠哉悠哉 (yōu zāi yōu zāi): free and unconstrained (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":41435,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["悠哉悠哉"],"TRADITIONAL":["悠哉悠哉"]}},"phonetic":"yōu zāi yōu zāi","phoneticKey":"you1 zai1 you1 zai1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"free and unconstrained ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"leisurely and carefree","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":[],"frequency":null,"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 1 (《詩經·周南·關雎》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"求之不得，寤寐思服。\n悠哉悠哉，辗转反侧。","traditional":"求之不得，寤寐思服。\n悠哉悠哉，輾轉反側。"},"phonetic":"Qiú zhī bù dé, wùmèi sīfú.\nYōuzāi yōuzāi, zhǎnzhuǎn fǎncè.","english":"He sought her and found her not, and waking and sleeping he thought about her.\nLong he thought; oh! long and anxiously; on his side, on his back, he turned, and back again.","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}}