不劳而获

bù láo ér huò

to reap without sowing

Character by character

不bù
not

劳láo
labour

而ér
yet

获huò
gain

世界上没有不劳而获的事。

Nothing in this world comes without effort.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Often 想不劳而获; condemns freeloading.

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