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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
不劳而获
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 不劳而获 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 不劳而获.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 不劳而获.
Directly before
- 是不劳而获1
- 考虑不劳而获1
Directly after
- 不劳而获的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 不劳而获
What does 不劳而获 mean in Chinese?
不劳而获 (bùláoérhuò) means (idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others.
How do you pronounce 不劳而获?
不劳而获 is pronounced bùláoérhuò.
Is 不劳而获 an HSK word?
不劳而获 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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