(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
trad. 懶驢上磨屎尿多
Also written 懶驢上磨屎尿多【lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō】
Characters in this word
7懒
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variant of 懶|懒[lan3]
- Pinyin
- lǎn
- Traditional
- 嬾
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 14752 of 2500
驴
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variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]
- Pinyin
- lǘ
- Traditional
- 馿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8339 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
磨
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to rub, to grind, to polish, to sharpen, to wear down, to die out, to waste time, to pester, to insist
- Pinyin
- mó
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 15087 of 2500
屎
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feces; excrement; a stool, (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3088 of 2500
尿
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to urinate, urine, CL:泡[pao1]
- Pinyin
- niào
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2115 of 2500
多
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many; much; more; a lot of, too many; in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd, how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]), (bound form) multi-; poly-
- Pinyin
- duō
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 114 of 2500