malingering; feigning illness to avoid work; exaggerating a minor illness
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to feign illness to avoid work or duty; to malinger
informalA colloquial, often mildly disapproving term. The '-儿' suffix indicates the erhua (儿化) pronunciation variation, common in Northern dialects.
Tā他
bù不
xiǎng想
qù去
nà那
ge个
wú无
liáo聊
de的
huì会
yì议
，
suǒ所
yǐ以
yòu又
zài在
jiā家
pào泡
bìng病
hào号
le了
。
He didn't want to go to that boring meeting, so he's malingering at home again.
Bié别
yǐ以
wéi为
nǐ你
pào泡
bìng病
hào号
jiù就
néng能
táo逃
guò过
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
。
Don't think you can get out of this project by feigning illness.
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Tā他
jiù就
shì是
yǒu有
diǎn点
r儿
tóu头
téng疼
，
què却
pào泡
le了
yī一
xīng星
qī期
bìng病
hào号
。
He just had a slight headache, but he milked it for a whole week off work.
Pào泡
bìng病
hào号
pào泡
jiǔ久
le了
，
xiǎo小
xīn心
bèi被
gōng公
sī司
fā发
xiàn现
。
If you malinger for too long, be careful the company doesn't find out.