赖床

賴床
làichuáng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to stay in bed (after waking)
  2. 2 to dawdle in bed; have a lie-in

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào làichuáng shí fēnzhōng cái qǐ.
Every morning I have to dawdle in bed for ten minutes before getting up.
HSK 7-9
周末赖床小确幸
Zhōumò làichuáng shì wǒ de xiǎoquèxìng.
Lounging in bed on weekends is one of my small joys.

Tips

memory
'to cling to / refuse to leave' (as in 赖账 'refuse to pay a debt', 赖皮 'shameless') + 'bed' - literally 'cling to the bed'. The act is awake-but-not-getting-up, which is exactly the English 'lie-in'.

Stroke Order

lài
chuáng