磨洋工

móyánggōng

dawdle over one's work; loaf on the job; lie down on the job

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lie down on the job; scamping

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lie down on the job; scamping

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mó yáng gōng

v. lie down on the job

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mo2 yang2 gong1

to idle on the job

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磨洋工

mó yáng gōng

loaf on the job; dawdle along; dawdle over one's work; lie down on the job; linger over one's job:

过去旧社会，我们做起事来， 老实讲， 是磨洋工。 To be honest, we used to spin our work out and try to kill time in the old society.

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磨洋工|磨洋工 [mó yáng gōng] ► to idle on the job