bù​láo'ér​huò

to reap without sowing

  • created reference approved 不劳而获/不勞而獲 → 坐享其成 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不劳而获 / 不勞而獲 bù​láo'ér​huò

    坐享其成 zuò​xiǎng​qí​chéng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 不劳而获/不勞而獲 → 自食其力 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不劳而获 / 不勞而獲 bù​láo'ér​huò

    自食其力 zì​shí​qí​lì

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不劳而获/不勞而獲 · bù​láo'ér​huò · to reap without sowing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不劳而获 / 不勞而獲

    bù​láo'ér​huò

    to reap without sowing

    (idiom) to get something without working for it; to profit by other people's toil; to sponge off others

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · to work 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 获 (literal) → 获/獲 · huò · to obtain

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense