"lazy" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
懒惰懶惰	lǎn duò	idle / lazy	syn
懒懶	lǎn	lazy	syn
懈怠	xiè dài	slack / lazy / remiss	syn
怠	dài	idle / lazy / negligent / careless	syn
惰	duò	lazy	syn
嬾	lǎn	lazy
儽	lěi	lazy / tired out, worn fatigued
懒怠懶怠	lǎn dài	lazy
懒办法懶辦法	lǎn bàn fǎ	to loaf about / lazy / to hang around (and cause trouble to everyone)
软烂軟爛	ruǎn làn	(of food etc) soft / pulpy / (Tw) (of a person) lacking drive / shiftless / lazy

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
偷懒偷懶	tōu lǎn	to goof off / to be lazy	syn
懒人懶人	lǎn rén	lazy person
误人子弟誤人子弟	wù rén zǐ dì	(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray
懒驴上磨屎尿多懶驢上磨屎尿多	lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō	(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
偷惰	tōu duò	to skive off work / to be lazy
娇惰嬌惰	jiāo duò	pampered and lazy / indolent / without energy
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲	shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi	if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
糯米臀	nuò mǐ tún	lazy bones (dialect)
餐桌转盘餐桌轉盤	cān zhuō zhuàn pán	revolving tray on a dining table / lazy Susan
懒音懶音	lǎn yīn	(linguistics) phonological reduction / lazy pronunciation / allegro speech

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