偷懒 meaning in English
to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off
Meaning of 偷懒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
tōulǎn
- to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off
偷懒 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
所有人都喜欢偷懒。
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.
Stroke order for each character
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偷 tōu · to steal · 11 strokes
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懒 lǎn · lazy · 16 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 偷懒.
| 偷偷 | tōutōu | stealthily; secretly |
| 小偷儿 | xiǎotōur | erhua form of 小偷[xiao3 tou1] |
| 偷看 | tōukàn | to peep; to peek |
| 懒得 | lǎnde | to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to |
| 偷窥 | tōukuī | to peep; to peek |
| 懒惰 | lǎnduò | idle; lazy |
| 小偷 | xiǎotōu | thief |
| 偷窃 | tōuqiè | to steal; to pilfer |
| 偷听 | tōutīng | to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) |
| 偷袭 | tōuxí | to mount a sneak attack; to raid |
| 偷偷摸摸 | tōutōumōmō | (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky |
| 偷情 | tōuqíng | to carry on a clandestine love affair |
Questions about 偷懒
What does 偷懒 mean?
偷懒 (tōulǎn) means "to be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off".
How do you write 偷懒?
偷懒 is made of 2 characters: 偷 (11 strokes), 懒 (16 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.
Is 偷懒 an HSK word?
Yes. 偷懒 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 偷懒 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 偷懒 is written 偷懶.