好 逸 恶 劳

hào yì wù láodictionary entry

to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)

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Original source entry:

好逸惡勞好逸恶劳 [hao4 yi4 wu4 lao2] /to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 好逸惡勞

好
hǎo
good / appropriate; proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close; on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello
hào
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
逸
yì
(bound form) to flee; to escape / (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of 佚[yì]) / (bound form) leisurely; relaxed / (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding / (bound form) reclusive
恶
ě
used in 惡心|恶心[ě xīn]
è
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm
wù
to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander
劳
láo
(bound form) to toil; labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / (bound form) to express appreciation for sb's efforts (Taiwan pr. [lào])
Láo
surname Lao

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