好吃懒做

Traditional: 好吃懶做

hào chī lǎn zuò

Dictionary entry

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)

What does 好吃懒做 mean?

好吃懒做 (hào chī lǎn zuò) has the following dictionary meaning.

1happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)

2all take and no give

Character breakdown

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好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)懒lǎnvariant of 懶|懒[lan3]做zuòto make; to produce · to write; to compose

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How to pronounce 好吃懒做

好吃懒做

hào chī lǎn zuò

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