lǎn

lazy

heart (忄) + sound lǎn (赖) = lazy feeling

The heart radical points to the feeling: laziness is a state of mind, a reluctance to move or act. 赖 contributes the sound lǎn and carries no additional meaning here.

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他太了,每天睡到中午才起床。

tā tài lǎn le, měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ cái qǐ chuáng。

He is too lazy, sleeping until noon every day before getting up.

你不能这么,作业要自己认真做。

nǐ bù néng zhème lǎn, zuò yè yào zì jǐ rèn zhēn zuò。

You cannot be this lazy; you have to do your homework carefully yourself.

Words with 懒

伸懒腰

shēn lǎn yāo

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

偷懒

tōu lǎn

to goof off

好吃懒做

hào chī lǎn zuò

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)

心灰意懒

xīn huī yì lǎn

discouraged

慵懒

yōng lǎn

languid

惫懒

bèi lǎn

listless; languid; slothful; indolent

懒人

lǎn rén

lazy person

懒人包

lǎn rén bāo

(Tw) (neologism c. 2007) information presented in easily assimilable form (digest, summary, infographic etc)

懒人沙发

lǎn rén shā fā

beanbag

懒得

lǎn de

to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to

懒得搭理

lǎn de dā lǐ

not wishing to acknowledge sb

懒怠

lǎn dài

lazy

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