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好逸恶劳

hào yì wù láo

4-character word Traditional 好逸惡勞

What 好逸恶劳 means

1. to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)

The characters in 好逸恶劳

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed

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