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懶癌

简懒癌 · 繁懶癌

Mandarin · pinyin lǎn ái

(humorous) extreme laziness
(coll.) indolent cancer (esp. thyroid cancer)

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癌: ái · cancer; marmoset
懒: lǎn · lazy, languid, listless

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3–2 · lan3 ai2

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(neologism, humorous) “laziness cancer”; the underlying cause of one's slothfulness; biological reason for one's procrastination

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