汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 好逸恶劳
好逸恶劳 (好逸惡勞)
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
逸 comfortable / 恶 Hate, hate / Covets ease and hates labor
贪图安逸,厌恶劳动。
hǎo/hào () è/ě/wù () láo
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻。

Glory in working hard; take indolence to be a disgrace.

李:莫扎特生活困窘是因为怀才不遇,而我生活困窘,别人说是我好逸恶劳

Li: The reason Mozart lived in poor is that his talent could not be discovered. Friends of mine said my poverty is caused by my indolence.

所以同胞们,我要讲的是,我们的国家要求我们不能好逸恶劳,而只能过刻苦勤奋的生活。

I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor.