不勞而獲

Chinese

		not; no	toil	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	to catch; to obtain; to capture
trad. (不勞而獲)		不	勞	而	獲
simp. (不劳而获)		不	劳	而	获

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùláo'érhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ lou⁴ ji⁴ wok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-lô-jî-he̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùláo'érhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùláo-érhuò
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lao²-êrh²-huo⁴
    • Yale: bù-láu-ér-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bulauerlhuoh
    • Palladius: булаоэрхо (bulaoerxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ lou⁴ ji⁴ wok⁶
    • Yale: bāt lòuh yìh wohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lou⁴ ji⁴ wok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lou⁴ yi⁴ wog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²¹ jiː²¹ wɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lô-jî-he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: put-lô-jî-hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putloiji'hek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ hiɪk̚⁴/

Idiom

不勞而獲

1. to reap without sowing; to live off the toil of other people

   誰不願意一出生就是含著金鑰匙的富家孩子，誰不願意不勞而獲？ [MSC, trad.]
   谁不愿意一出生就是含著金钥匙的富家孩子，谁不愿意不劳而获？ [MSC, simp.]

   Shéi bù yuànyì yī chūshēng jiù shì hán zhe jīnyàoshi de fùjiā háizi, shéi bù yuànyì bùláo'érhuò? [Pinyin]

   Who doesn't want to be a rich kid born with a silver spoon? Who doesn't want to get something for nothing?

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 割粙仔尾

Antonyms

• 徒勞無功／徒劳无功 (túláowúgōng)