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

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 ʑi²³⁻³³ hiɪk̚⁴/

Idiom

不勞而獲

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)

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