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好吃懒做 — “Fond of eating and averse to work”

好吃懒做 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “fond of eating and averse to work”. Lazy and gluttonous. Literally, “fond of eating, lazy in doing”.

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好吃懒做 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • 好hào
  • 吃chī
  • 懒lǎn
  • 做zuò

好吃懒做 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
好
hào6good, well, okay, very
吃
chī6to eat
懒
lǎn16lazy, idle, sluggish
做
zuò11to do or make

Example Sentence with 好吃懒做

他整天好吃懒做,什么家务都不肯做,真是让人头疼。
He is lazy and gluttonous all day, unwilling to do any housework, which is really a headache.

Idioms Related to 好吃懒做

Synonyms of 好吃懒做

  • hào好yì逸wù恶láo劳love comfort and despise labor

Antonyms of 好吃懒做

  • kè克qín勤kè克jiǎn俭diligent and frugal
  • chī吃kǔ苦nài耐láo劳hardworking and able to endure hardships

More idioms starting with 好

  • hào好dān丹fēi非sù素show strong partiality or prejudice
  • hào好wéi为shì事duān端fond of stirring up trouble
  • hào好wéi为rén人shī师fond of lecturing others
  • hǎo好luàn乱lè乐huò祸love causing trouble and mischief
  • hǎo好le了chuāng疮bā疤wàng忘le了tòng痛forget past pain once healed
  • hǎo好shì事bù不chū出mén门,,è恶shì事chuán传qiān千lǐ里Bad news travels fast
  • hǎo好shì事bù不chū出mén门,,è恶shì事yáng扬qiān千lǐ里Bad news travels fast
  • hǎo好shì事bù不chū出mén门,,è恶shì事xíng行qiān千lǐ里Bad news travels fast
  • hào好shì事zhī之tú徒a busybody or meddler
  • hǎo好shì事duō多fáng妨Good things often encounter many difficulties
  • hǎo好shì事duō多qiān悭Good things are often hard to achieve
  • hǎo好shì事duō多mó磨Good things meet with many twists and turns

Questions about 好吃懒做

What does 好吃懒做 mean?
好吃懒做 (hào chī lǎn zuò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “fond of eating and averse to work”.
How do you pronounce 好吃懒做?
好吃懒做 is pronounced hào chī lǎn zuò in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 好吃懒做 literally mean?
Literally, 好吃懒做 means “fond of eating, lazy in doing”. It is used to mean “fond of eating and averse to work”.
What is the Chinese definition of 好吃懒做?
好:喜欢、贪于。贪于吃喝,懒于做事。
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