偷懒 (偷懶)
tōu lǎn
Pinyin
Definition
偷懒 (偷懶)
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- to goof off
- to be lazy
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
偷天换日
- 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
- 2 skulduggery
- 3 to hoodwink people
- 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
- 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
- 2 jerry-building
- 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
- 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- 2 to replace the original with a fake
- 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
- 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
- 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
- 2 to pilfer
- 3 to dally with women
- 4 to have affairs
Sample Sentences
嘿!小胖,好久不见,有一阵子没看到你了,健身可是不能偷懒的!
Hey! Fatboy, long time no see. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, but one really can’t fall behind when it comes to working out!
我得去健身啊!教练说了,运动要有效,一定要每天做,不能偷懒。
I have to go to the gym! My trainer says that if you want to work out effectively, you have to do it every day, and that you can't slack off.
我有时也会偷懒不想做作业,或者掐点赴约,算是拖延症吗?
Sometimes I get lazy too and don't want to do my homework and sometimes I only make appointments by the skin of my teeth, do I count as a career procrastinator?
嗯,你在偷懒或者不守时的时候,感受到焦虑或者害怕了吗?
Yes, when you're being lazy or are not punctual do you feel anxiety or fear?
明明,你怎么又偷懒!跟老师好好练!三年不给我考出个十级来,我请你吃“竹笋烤肉”!
Mingming, you are goofing off again! Practice well with the teacher! If you don't pass level 10 in three years, I will give you a good beating!
动力不足的原因也有很多。可能有的员工对自己的薪水不满意,觉得自己干得多拿得少。也可能有的员工认为自己缺乏上升空间,自己的努力老板根本不放在眼里。所以奖罚分明也很重要,不要让员工以为自己偷懒努力都是一个样。
There are a lot of reasons for being unmotivated. Perhaps some employees are dissatisfied with their salaries and think that they do a lot of work for too little pay. It’s also possible that some employees think they have no room for advancement, or that their hard work goes unnoticed in the eyes of their boss. Therefore, a strict system of rewards and penalties is very important. You can’t let the employees think that their laziness or hard work will be treated the same.
对,我那个时候挺偷懒的。
Yes. At the time I was pretty much goofing off.
那你肯定是偷懒了?
Oh, you must have been goofing off a little then?