We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「好逸惡勞」, with its usage explained below.
Discover the idiom 「好逸惡勞」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Yi: comfortable; E: hate, detest. He covets comfort and hates labor.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hǎo yì è láo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hou2 yat6 ok3 lou4
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
