Definitions

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely lazy, bone-idle: Describes a state of profound laziness or indolence, where a person is unwilling to move or exert any effort. It emphasizes a complete lack of motivation or energy.
   • Slothful to an extreme degree: Conveys a level of laziness that is considered excessive, often with a negative or humorous connotation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nó lười chảy thây, cả ngày chỉ nằm trên giường. (He is extremely lazy, lying in bed all day.)
  • Đừng có chảy thây như thế, dậy mà làm việc đi! (Don't be so bone-idle, get up and do some work!)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is almost exclusively used in the fixed, idiomatic expression "lười chảy thây" to intensify the meaning of "lười" (lazy). It functions as a vivid, colloquial intensifier.
  • Cái tính lười chảy thây của nó thật không chịu được. (His utterly slothful nature is really unbearable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lười (adj): Lazy. This is the core word that "chảy thây" intensifies.
• Lười biếng (adj): Lazy, indolent. A more standard synonym for "lười".
• Lười nhác (adj): Idle, slack. Similar to "lười biếng".

Synonyms

• Cực kỳ lười: Extremely lazy.
• Lười thối xương: (Idiomatic) Laziness that "rots the bones"; another vivid, informal term for extreme laziness.

Related Idioms

• Lười chảy thây is itself an idiomatic expression. It is the primary and most common construction. The imagery suggests laziness so severe it's as if one's body is melting or flowing away from lack of movement.

1. lười chảy thây Very lazy