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不劳而获

bù láo ér huò

4-character word Traditional 不勞而獲

What 不劳而获 means

1. idiomto reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others

The characters in 不劳而获

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 获huò(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win

Example sentences

• 没有什么是不劳而获的。
  Méiyǒu shénme shì bùláo'érhuò de.
  You can't achieve anything without effort.
• 没有什幺是不劳而获的。
  Nothing is achieved without effort.