粵

偷tau1懶laan5

simp偷懒
tau1 laan5tōu lǎn

English

  1. to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off
  2. to laze around; to be lazy; to play truant
  3. to shirk a responsibility due to laziness

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺做嘢嗰陣唔盡力,分心
  2. 因為懶所以唔去做一啲應該做嘅事

Examples

  • 佢返工偷懶,所以俾人炒魷魚。

    Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

  • 所有人都喜欢偷懒。

    Everybody likes to goof off.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 如果蜜蜂都偷懒的话,盛开的花便不会结果了。

    If the bees do not work, the flowers will not bear fruit.

    Tatoeba · klzlueylx CC BY

  • 我想偷懶唔落簿喇。

    I want to be lazy and not log it down.

  • 你唔好偷懶喇,快啲做嘢。

    Don't laze around, get back to work! ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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