死蛇爛鱔 [－－烂鳝]

Jyutping sei2 se4 laan6 sin5
Pinyin sǐ shé làn shàn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. describes a very lazy person who is beyond hope; to describe someone who is reluctant to change their ways despite knowing that they are in the wrong; someone who is not putting in any effort to pull up their socks
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​人​懶散​、​怠惰​，​乜​都​唔​想​做​唔​想郁​，​軟​癩​癩​攤響度
    to be very lazy, idle, doing nothing laying on ground softly like a dead snake and broken eel
    • 唔進修都做下運動啦，日日死蛇爛鱔咁，我做老細都唔想請你。
      唔进修都做下运动啦，日日死蛇烂鳝咁，我做老细都唔想请你。
      m4 zeon3 sau1 dou1 zou6 haa5 wan6 dung6 laa1, jat6 jat6 sei2 se4 laan6 sin5 gam2, ngo5 zou6 lou5 sai3 dou1 m4 soeng2 ceng2 nei5.
      If you don't want to learn something, at least go out to do some exercises, don't lay there doing nothing like a dead snake, even I'm the boss I don't want to hire you.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic
    to be a lazy bum; to be slobbish
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 懶人 – 懒人
  2. 極懶的人 – 极懒的人
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    唔进修都做下运动啦，日日死蛇烂鳝咁，我做老细都唔想请你。
    唔進修都做下運動啦，日日死蛇爛鱔咁，我做老細都唔想請你。
    m4 zeon3 sau1 dou1 zou6 haa5 wan6 dung6 laa1, jat6 jat6 sei2 se4 laan6 sin5 gam2, ngo5 zou6 lou5 sai3 dou1 m4 soeng2 ceng2 nei5.
    • If you don't want to learn something, at least go out to do some exercises, don't lay there doing nothing like a dead snake, even I'm the boss I don't want to hire you.