好食懶做

好食懶做

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to be fond of eating and averse to work; to be piggish
   • 2012, 黃翠芳 [Grace Huang] (lyrics and music), “阿奶好作 [Easy To Be A Lady]”, in 牽等你介手 [Hold Your Hands]‎, performed by 黃翠芳 [Grace Huang]:

     有兜人好食懶做　囥在屋下　還等爺娘來畜 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     有兜人好食懒做　囥在屋下　还等爷娘来畜 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     rhiuˋ deuˋ ngin hauˇ shidˋ nanˋ zoˇ, kongˇ diˇ vug haˋ, han denˊ rha ngiong loi hiug [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     Some people love eating and are lazy. They stay at home and wait for their parents to provide for them.

   • 2017, 郭釗, 《HEA富學：一天只做2小時的創富方程式》, Hong Kong: 天窗出版社, →ISBN, page 180:

     正如投資日本樓，一想到收租事宜完全依賴那間香港仲介，我就極不安心，它可能發咗達好食懶做，也可能執笠不做，或者夾帶私逃，怎麼辦？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     正如投资日本楼，一想到收租事宜完全依赖那间香港仲介，我就极不安心，它可能发咗达好食懒做，也可能执笠不做，或者夹带私逃，怎么办？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     zing³ jyu⁴ tau⁴ zi¹ jat⁶ bun² lau^4-2, jat¹ soeng² dou³ sau¹ zou¹ si⁶ ji⁴ jyun⁴ cyun⁴ ji¹ laai⁶ naa⁵ gaan¹ hoeng¹ gong² zung⁶ gaai³, ngo⁵ zau⁶ gik⁶ bat¹ on¹ sam¹, taa¹ ho² nang⁴ faat³ zo² daat⁶ hou³ sik⁶ laan⁵ zou⁶, jaa⁵ ho² nang⁴ zap¹ lap¹ bat¹ zou⁶, waak⁶ ze² gaap³ daai³ si¹ tou⁴, zam² mo¹ baan⁶?

     Just like with investing in Japanese properties, once I realized that rent collection is completely reliant on that agency in Hong Kong, I became very anxious. Maybe after making a fortune, they will love ease and be lazy, maybe they will just close down the business, or maybe they will just run off. What can I do?