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偷懒

tōu lǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 偷懶

偷懒 (tōu lǎn) means "to goof off; to be lazy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 偷懒 means

1. to goof off
2. to be lazy

The characters in 偷懒

• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 懒lǎnlazy

Example sentences

• 所有人都喜欢偷懒。
  Suǒyǒu rén dōu xǐhuan tōulǎn.
  Everybody likes to goof off.
• 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.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tōu lǎn correctly.
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