bù láo ér huòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
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Original source entry:

不勞而獲 不劳而获 [bu4 lao2 er2 huo4] /(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others/

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