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English

1. Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
2. a prince in the Zhou dynasty that Confucius admired and met in the dreams, nowadays his name is often used as an euphemism of sleepingunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 即係周朝立國國君姬發個細佬姬旦（周公旦）。由於孔子嘅一句「久矣吾不復夢見周公」而受民間追捧為夢神，所以通常又用作瞓覺嘅代稱（參見揾周公）。unreviewed?

Examples

• 本周公园樱花盛开。

  This week the cherry blossoms in the park are in full bloom.

  Tatoeba · ydcok CC BY

• 究竟是周公夢到了蝴蝶，還是蝴蝶夢到了周公？

  Did the Duke of Zhou dream of the butterfly, or did the butterfly dream of the Duke of Zhou?

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

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  周公之禮

  couples go to bed together (to have sex); literally: ceremony of prince Zhou

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  我星期日約咗周公，唔出街喇。

  I will sleep for whole day in coming Sunday, I won't go out.

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  温兩頁書就見周公，考試實肥佬啦。

  You fell asleep after reviewing just 2 pages, I think you will definitely fail in the exam.