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懒驴上磨屎尿多

lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duōdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d89e559994532cb1. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

懶驢上磨屎尿多 懒驴上磨屎尿多 [lan3 lu:2 shang4 mo4 shi3 niao4 duo1] /(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working/lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing/

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Other forms in these source records: 懶驢上磨屎尿多

  • 懒
    lǎn

    lazy

  • 驴
    lǘ

    donkey / CL:頭|头[tóu]

  • 上
    shǎng

    used in 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]

    shàng

    (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above

  • 磨
    mó

    to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist

    mò

    grindstone / to grind / to turn round

  • 屎
    shǐ

    feces / excrement / a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

  • 尿
    niào

    to urinate / urine / CL:泡[pāo]

    suī

    (coll.) urine

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.