好逸惡勞
Chinese
| good; well; be fond of | escape; leisurely; outstanding | evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated |
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| trad. (好逸惡勞) | 好 | 逸 | 惡 | 勞 | |
| simp. (好逸恶劳) | 好 | 逸 | 恶 | 劳 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hàoyì-wùláo
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄧˋ ㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hàoyìwùláo
- Wade–Giles: hao4-i4-wu4-lao2
- Yale: hàu-yì-wù-láu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawyihwuhlau
- Palladius: хаоиулао (xaoiulao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou3 jat6 wu3 lou4
- Yale: hou yaht wu lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou3 jat9 wu3 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: hou3 yed6 wu3 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³³ jɐt̚² wuː³³ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
好逸惡勞
- (derogatory) to indulge in comfort and despise laboring
- 豈古之人有所異哉！好逸惡勞，亦猶夫人之情也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1663, 黃宗義 (Huang Zongxi),《原君》(On Kingship)
- Qǐ gǔ zhī rén yǒusuǒ yì zāi! Hàoyì-wùláo, yì yóu fú rén zhī qíng yě. [Pinyin]
- Was there anything extraordinary in the ancients? That they naturally preferred ease and disliked labor—this is precisely the common nature of man.
岂古之人有所异哉！好逸恶劳，亦犹夫人之情也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 好吃懶做 (“to love ease and be averse to work”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 好吃懶做, 好逸惡勞 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 好吃懶做 |
| Taiwan | 好吃懶做 | |
| Singapore | 好吃懶做 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 奸饞實懶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 好食懶飛 |
| Hong Kong | 好食懶飛, 好食懶做 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 好吃死懶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 好食懶做, 好食懶 |
| Xingning | 好食懶做 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 好食懶做 | |
| Yudu | 好食懶做 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 好食懶做, 無食肚飢，食飽懶屍 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 好食懶做, 吂食肚飢，食飽懶屍 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 愛食懶屍做 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 欲食毋做, 欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花撐搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風, 食飯大碗公，做事閃西風, 食飯食碗公，做穡閃西風, 食飯食碗公，做穡洩屎風, 食飯用碗公，做代誌閃西風, 食飯三碗公，作穡閃西風 |
| Quanzhou | 欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風 | |
| Zhangzhou | 欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可, 食飯三戰呂布，做事桃花搭渡, 食飯大碗公，做工課閃西風 | |
| Tainan | 欲食毋振動, 食欲好，做欲輕可 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食欲好，做要輕可, 食飯大碗公，做事閃西風, 食飯三戰呂布，做工桃花搭渡 | |
| Longyan | 好食懶 | |
| Shantou | 好食惰做 | |
| Jieyang | 力食惰作, 惰作力食, 好食惰作 | |
| Haikou | 力食惰作 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 勤吃懶做 |