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高枕無憂
高枕無憂
See also: 高枕无忧
Chinese
to sleep on a high pile of pillows -less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-worried trad. (高枕無憂) 高枕 無 憂 simp. (高枕无忧) 高枕 无 忧
Idiom
高枕無憂
- to rest easy; to relax and not worry
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5
- 2002: Zhang Yimou (director), Hero (a movie starring Jet Li)
- 長空、飛雪、殘劍這三名趙國刺客十年來謀刺我王。令我王一日不得安睡。怎料今日卻被我大秦壯士一舉擊破?從此我王可以高枕無憂了!
- Sky, Snow and Broken Sword. For ten years these three assassins from Zhao have repeatedly plotted to kill his majesty, so he has not known a single peaceful night's sleep. Today we discover that a hero from our great kingdom of Qin has single-handedly wiped out the enemy. From now on his majesty can once more sleep without fear! (from Quentin Tarantino DVD release)
- 長空、飛雪、殘劍這三名趙國刺客十年來謀刺我王。令我王一日不得安睡。怎料今日卻被我大秦壯士一舉擊破?從此我王可以高枕無憂了!