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- 1. lazy
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Often used with 很 to mean 'very lazy' (他很懒), or in 懒得+verb to mean 'too lazy to do something' (我懒得去).
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Unlike 'lazy' in English, 懒 cannot be used for a lazy day or lazy afternoon; it mainly describes a person's character or temporary reluctance.
Example Sentences
2 shown他最近很 懒 ，不想工作。
他很 懒 。
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Words Containing 懒
to goof off
not to feel like (doing sth)
idle
to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)
discouraged
languid
naughty
lazy person
beanbag
not wishing to acknowledge sb
lazy
indolent; negligent; slack
lazily
idle fellow
a stretch (of one's body)
idler
(coll.) lazybones
lazy bones
to loaf about
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working
lazybones
lazybones
sloth (zoology)
indolent
to sleep in
to shy away from work