偷懒
tōu lǎn
Pinyin

Definition

偷懒
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tōu lǎn
  1. to goof off
  2. to be lazy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偷
tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
偷情
tōu qíng
  1. 1 to carry on a clandestine love affair
偷懒
tōu lǎn
  1. 1 to goof off
  2. 2 to be lazy
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷窥
tōu kuī
  1. 1 to peep
  2. 2 to peek
  3. 3 to act as voyeur
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
偷闲
tōu xián
  1. 1 to snatch a moment of leisure
  2. 2 to take a break from work
  3. 3 also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]
小偷
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
偷偷摸摸
tōu tōu mō mō
  1. 1 surreptitious
  2. 2 sneaky
偷去
tōu qù
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to make off with
  3. 3 stolen
偷取
tōu qǔ
  1. 1 to steal
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷安
tōu ān
  1. 1 to shirk responsibility
  2. 2 thoughtless pleasure-seeking
偷工
tōu gōng
  1. 1 to skimp on the job
  2. 2 to avoid work
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷换
tōu huàn
  1. 1 to substitute on the sly
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷渡
tōu dù
  1. 1 illegal immigration
  2. 2 to stowaway (on a ship)
  3. 3 to steal across the international border
  4. 4 to run a blockade

Idioms (11)

偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
苟且偷安
gǒu qiě tōu ān
  1. 1 seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
  2. 2 taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
苟且偷生
gǒu qiě tōu shēng
  1. 1 to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

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！
hēi ！xiǎopàng ，hǎojiǔbujiàn ，yǒu yīzhènzi méi kàndào nǐ le ，jiànshēn kěshì bùnéng tōulǎn de ！
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!
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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。
wǒ děi qù jiànshēn ā ！jiàoliàn shuō le ，yùndòng yào yǒuxiào ，yīdìng yào měitiān zuò ，bùnéng tōulǎn 。
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.
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我有时也会偷懒不想做作业，或者掐点赴约，算是拖延症吗？
wǒ yǒushí yě huì tōulǎn bù xiǎng zuò zuòyè ，huò zhě qiādiǎn fùyuē ，suàn shì tuōyánzhèng ma ？
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?
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嗯，你在偷懒或者不守时的时候，感受到焦虑或者害怕了吗？
ng4 ，nǐ zài tōulǎn huò zhě bù shǒushí de shíhou ，gǎnshòu dào jiáolǜ huòzhě hàipà le ma ？
Yes, when you're being lazy or are not punctual do you feel anxiety or fear?
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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”！
míngming ，nǐ zěnme yòu tōulǎn ！gēn lǎoshī hǎohāo liàn ！sān nián bù gěiwǒ kǎo chū gè shíjí lái ，wǒ qǐng nǐ chī “zhúsǔnkǎoròu ”！
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!
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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。
dònglì bùzú de yuányīn yě yǒu hěn duō 。kěnéng yǒude yuángōng duì zìjǐ de xīnshuǐ bù mǎnyì ，juéde zìjǐ gàn de duō ná de shǎo 。yě kěnéng yǒude yuángōng rènwéi zìjǐ quēfá shàngshēngkōngjiān ，zìjǐ de nǔlì lǎobǎn gēnběn bù fàngzàiyǎn lǐ 。suǒyǐ jiǎngfáfēnmíng yě hěn zhòngyào ，bù yào ràng yuángōng yǐwéi zìjǐ tōulǎn nǔlì dōu shì yīgeyàng 。
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.
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对，我那个时候挺偷懒的。
duì ，wǒ nàge shíhou tǐng tōulǎn de 。
Yes. At the time I was pretty much goofing off.
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那你肯定是偷懒了？
nà nǐ kěndìng shì tōulǎn le ？
Oh, you must have been goofing off a little then?
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