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好逸惡勞
简 好逸恶劳 · 繁 好逸惡勞Mandarin · pinyin hào yì wù láo
Meanings
- to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
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4–4–4–2 · hao4 yi4 wu4 lao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hou3 jat6 wu3 lou4
Cantonese word readings for 好逸惡勞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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hou3 jat6 wu3 lou4
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phrase
- (derogatory) to indulge in comfort and despise laboring
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