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游手好閒 (jau4 sau2 hou3 haan4) — idle; have nothing to do or don't want to work, just wandering around in Cantonese

jauˎ₄游sauˊ²手hou˗₃好haanˎ₄閒
简 游手好闲
Mandarin Pinyin: you2 shou3 hao4 xian2

Meaning of 游手好閒

nounidle; have nothing to do or don't want to work, just wandering around

Characters in 游手好閒

游jau4
wander; roam; drift; mobile | [variant] 遊
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
好hou2
well; all right; okay
閒haan4
bored (note 2)

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