好吃懒做

hào chī lǎn zuò

greedy and lazy

Character by character

好hào
love

吃chī
eating

懒lǎn
lazy

做zuò
work

他好吃懒做，三十岁了还靠父母养。

He’s lazy and greedy — thirty and still living off his parents.

Tone: negative (criticism).

好 is hào (to love) here.

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