懒得 lǎnde to not feel like (doing something)
to not feel like (doing something); to be disinclined to
How to remember 懒得: 懒 lazy + 得 get = to not feel like (doing something).
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How it is used
- 'Can't be bothered to / not in the mood to' do something - 我懒得跟他解释 (wǒ lǎnde gēn tā jiěshì) I can't be bothered to explain to him.
- Colloquial; followed directly by a verb phrase. Expresses disinclination out of laziness or dismissiveness, not inability.
- Note it's not simply '懒 (lazy) + 得'; treat 懒得 as one fixed verb meaning 'to not feel like.'