| 不劳而获 |
bù láo ér huò |
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 劳 |
láo |
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense) |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 获 |
huò |
(literary) to catch; to capture / (literary) to get; to obtain; to win |
| 获 |
huò |
(bound form) to reap; to harvest |