玩懒骨头吃馋嘴玩懶骨頭吃饞嘴玩懶骨頭吃饞嘴

play and the bones go lazy; eat and the mouth goes greedy

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Too much play makes a person lazy, and indulging in food makes one greedy. Warns against bad habits that grow with indulgence.

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Simplified: 玩懒骨头吃馋嘴
Traditional (Taiwan): 玩懶骨頭吃饞嘴
Pinyin: wán lǎngǔtou chī chánzuǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): wán lǎngútou chī chánzuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄢˇ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄔㄔㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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