做慣乞兒懶做官
Chinese
| accustomed to; used to | beggar; miser; stingy person | lazy | to do; to make; to produce | official; government; organ of body | |||
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| trad. (做慣乞兒懶做官) | 做 | 慣 | 乞兒 | 懶 | 做 | 官 | |
| simp. (做惯乞儿懒做官) | 做 | 惯 | 乞儿 | 懒 | 做 | 官 | |
| Literally: “when one is used to being a beggar, one would not feel like being an official”. | |||||||
Pronunciation
Idiom
做慣乞兒懶做官
- (Cantonese) When one is used to a free but poor life, one would not like a rich life without freedom.
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