不勞 [－劳]

Jyutping bat1 lou4
Pinyin bù láo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    do not bother with; do not go to the trouble of
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    没有什么是不劳而获的。
    沒有什麼是不勞而獲的。
    méi yǒu shén me shì bù láo ér huò de 。
    • Nothing is achieved without effort.
    • You cannot achieve anything without effort.
    • You can't achieve anything without effort.
  2. Mandarin
    你妻子遇上麻烦，你怎么还一副事不关己，己不劳心的样子？
    你妻子遇上麻煩，你怎麼還一副事不關己，己不勞心的樣子？
    nǐ qī zǐ yù shàng má fan ， nǐ zěn me hái yī fù shì bù guān jǐ ， jǐ bù láo xīn de yàng zi ？
    • How can you be so indifferent to your wife's trouble?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    不劳而获嘅人系唔会有成就㗎。
    不勞而獲嘅人係唔會有成就㗎。
    bat1 lou4 ji4 wok6 ge3 jan4 hai6 m4 wui2 jau5 sing4 zau6 gaa3.
    • Those who reap without sowing will not get any achievement.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    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？
    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？
    shéi bù yuàn yì yī chū shēng jiù shì hán zhe jīn yào shi de fù jiā hái zi ， shéi bù yuàn yì bù láo ér huò ？
    • Who doesn't want to be a rich kid born with a silver spoon? Who doesn't want to get something for nothing?