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大食懶

daai6 sik6 laan5

lazy (sits around eating too much doing nothing), a lazy person | [普]: 好吃懶做, 好吃懶做的人

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

大食懶

大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
食 sik6 zi6 ji6 shi2 yi4 {si4} - eat
懶 laan5 lan3 - lazy; listless; indolent; sluggish

This word was added by bybell on 7th Nov 2005 and last edited on 1st Jun 2008

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