Word information
Simplified懒腰
Traditional懶腰
Pinyinlǎn yāo
Part of speechDictionary
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Character breakdown
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How to learn 懒腰
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懒lǎn
lazy; variant of 懶|懒[lan3]
腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
懒得lǎndeto not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
懒惰lǎnduòidle; lazy
掏腰包tāoyāobāoto dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
偷懒tōulǎnto goof off; to be lazy