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磨洋工
mó​yáng​gōng

to loaf on the job

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 磨 mó verb
    to dawdle
    to dawdle; to waste time; to stall or delay
  2. 洋 yáng noun
    foreign
    (bound form) foreign; specifically referring to Western countries or things coming from abroad
  3. 工 gōng nounverb
    work
    (bound form) work; productive labor; a job