大懶堂

By LMF

Lyrics - Practice Pronunciation
想 我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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soeng2
ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

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zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

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zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
今朝擘大眼成日就無所事事

I don't do anything with my eyes open this morning.

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gam1
zyu1
maak3
taai3
ngaan5
seng4
mik6
zau6
mou4
so2
si6
si6
唔聽收音機 尋晚又打爆咗個電視

I didn't listen to the radio, and the TV went off last night.

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ng4
teng1
sau1
jam1
gei1
cam4
maan5
jau6
ding2
bok3
zo2
go3
din6
si6
唔衫四圍走 三點幾至起身落樓

I was naked and I got up and down at about 3:00.

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ng4
saam1
sei3
wai4
zau2
saam3
dim2
gei2
zi3
hei2
jyun4
lok6
lau2
頭髮就一舊舊 件老西又要摺袖

The hair is old, the old dress needs sleeves.

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tau4
fat3
zau6
jat1
gau6
gau6
gin2
lou5
sai1
jau6
jiu3
zip3
sau3
有事揾我呢 就完全唔知

I don't know if anyone was looking for me.

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jau6
si6
wan2
ngo5
ni1
zau6
jyun4
cyun4
ng4
zi3
説話講野呢 就語無倫次

And what's the point of being a preacher?

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seoi3
waa6
gong2
je5
ni1
zau6
jyu6
mou4
leon4
ci3
等我話你知 我話知你

Let me tell you.

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ting2
ngo5
waa6
nei5
zi3
ngo5
waa6
zi3
nei5
明知故問 我係乜都唔會理

I know why you asked, but I don't care.

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ming4
zi3
gu3
man6
ngo5
hai6
ne6
dou1
ng4
wui6
lei5
我幻想 日日就乜都唔駛想

I dream of not thinking about anything every day.

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ngo5
waan6
soeng2
mik6
mik6
zau6
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
soeng2
坐響街邊睇啲人

I sit in the street and watch people.

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zo6
hoeng2
gaai1
bin1
dai6
dit1
jan4
來來去去 男男女女

And they came and went, men and women and women.

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loi6
loi6
heoi3
heoi3
naam4
naam4
neoi6
neoi6
離離合合 散散聚聚

They separate, they dispersed, they gathered.

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lei4
lei4
ho4
ho4
saan3
saan3
zeoi6
zeoi6
想要自由唔一切負累

Freedom is not a burden.

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soeng2
jiu3
zi6
jau4
ng4
jat1
cit3
fu6
leoi6
我要我要每個人開開心心

I want everyone to be happy.

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ngo5
jiu3
ngo5
jiu3
mei5
go3
jan4
hoi1
hoi1
sam1
sam1
痛痛快快尋開心

Pain is quick and quick to find happiness.

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tung3
tung3
faai3
faai3
cam4
hoi1
sam1
偏偏又要醒返 返到呢個世界

And I'm going to wake up and come back to this world.

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pin1
pin1
jau6
jiu3
sing2
faan1
faan1
dou3
ni1
go3
sai3
gaai3
聽朝又要番工 同時間鬥快

I have to go back to work in the morning and fight for time.

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teng1
zyu1
jau6
jiu3
pun1
gung1
tung4
si4
haan4
dau6
faai3
想 我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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soeng2
ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

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zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

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zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
(唉 真系前世唔收囉

(Laughter) The past is not a good thing.

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ngoi1
zan1
hai6
cin4
sai3
ng4
sau1
lo4
租先唔知做錯乜傢伙

The rent doesn't know what to do, you guys.

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zou1
sin3
ng4
zi3
zou6
laap6
ne6
gaa1
fo2
生出來啲 敢 衰胎

They were born with the courage to fail.

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sang1
ceot1
loi6
dit1
gam2
seoi1
toi1
有工又唔去做 一味掛住玩

Some people don't work and they just keep playing.

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jau6
gung1
jau6
ng4
heoi3
zou6
jat1
mei6
gwaa3
zyu6
waan2
唔餓死我 都餓死你啦)

Don't starve me, you're going to starve yourself.

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ng4
ngo6
si2
ngo5
dou1
ngo6
si2
nei5
la5
哎吔吔 系人系鬼 捱騾仔

They're ghosts, they're assholes.

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ngaai6
je5
je5
hai6
jan4
hai6
gwai2
ngaai4
leoi4
zi2
無曬計 如果可以停低

It's not worth it if you can stop.

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mou4
saai3
gei3
jyu4
gwo2
ho2
jyu5
ting4
dai1
獻世都無所謂

It doesn't matter what you give.

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hin3
sai3
dou1
mou4
so2
wai6
(可以畀我有一次無事出返去都市)

(Give me a chance to get back to town)

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ho2
jyu5
bei3
ngo5
jau6
jat1
ci3
mou4
si6
ceot1
faan1
heoi3
dou1
si5
但繫個現實就係唔到你想

But you can't connect the reality.

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daan6
hai6
go3
jin6
sat6
zau6
hai6
ng4
dou3
nei5
soeng2
無話你想就想又邊有半斤八兩

And I don't know where you're going to get a half a pound.

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mou4
waa6
nei5
soeng2
zau6
soeng2
jau6
bin1
jau6
bun3
gan3
baat3
loeng5
三番四次 定系三心兩意

Three, four, three, two, three, two, three, four, three, four, three, four, three, four,

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saam3
pun1
sei3
ci3
ding6
hai6
saam3
sam1
loeng5
ji3
又或系一心一意

Or it was deliberate.

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jau6
waak6
hai6
jat1
sam1
jat1
ji3
揾出個意義做人唔容易

Finding meaning in being human is not easy.

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wan2
ceot1
go3
ji3
ji6
zou6
jan4
ng4
jung4
jik6
每個人有一個故事 返到呢個城市

Everyone has a story about coming back to this city.

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mei5
go3
jan4
jau6
jat1
go3
gu3
si6
faan1
dou3
ni1
go3
sing4
si5
咪又系得個做字

Mike is a spokesperson.

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mui1
jau6
hai6
dak1
go3
zou6
zi6
想 我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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soeng2
ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

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zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
我都好想好似中咗頭獎

I'd love to look like I'm missing the prize.

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ngo5
dou1
hou3
soeng2
hou3
ci5
zung1
zo2
tau4
zoeng2
有野唔想做 老細又吹我唔漲

I didn't want to do anything, and he kept telling me not to.

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jau6
je5
ng4
soeng2
zou6
lou5
sai3
jau6
ceoi3
ngo5
ng4
zoeng3
日日等出糧 無乜野需要緊張

We're going to have to feed ourselves every day, and nothing is going to worry us.

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mik6
mik6
ting2
ceot1
loeng4
mou4
ne6
je5
seoi1
jiu3
gan2
zoeng3
就係咁嘅樣 乜都唔駛撈就至理想

And that's exactly how perfectly ideal it is.

Click each character to hear its pronunciation:

zau6
hai6
gam3
koi3
joeng2
ne6
dou1
ng4
si2
lou1
zau6
zi3
lei5
soeng2
About This Song

"" by LMF encapsulates the longing for a carefree lifestyle amidst the stress and monotony of daily work life. The song's emotional core revolves around the desire to escape responsibilities and enjoy a life of leisure, akin to winning the lottery. Through a series of relatable sentiments, the singer expresses a deep yearning for freedom from societal expectations and the grind of a 9-to-5 existence, highlighting the pervasive feeling of ennui that many face in their professional lives.

The lyrics narrate a relatable story of a person stuck in a cycle of waiting for payday while grappling with feelings of laziness and the desire to do nothing substantial. This desire serves as a form of protest against the pressures of work, revealing an inner conflict where longing for freedom is juxtaposed with the harsh realities of adult responsibilities. The chorus, which repeats the wish of winning a grand prize to escape from work, reinforces this theme through its infectious melody and relatable sentiment, making it resonate with listeners who share similar frustrations.

Musically, the track features catchy hooks and an upbeat tempo that contradicts the lyrics' underlying melancholy, creating a playful dynamic. Utilizing vivid imagery and conversational tones, the lyrical techniques employed, such as repetition and informal expressions, enhance the authenticity and relatability of the message. The casual cadence mirrors everyday speech, allowing a deeper connection with the audience, emphasizing the nuances of modern life.

Culturally, "" speaks to the contemporary urban experience, particularly within the fast-paced environment of Hong Kong. It reflects the societal trend of burnout among the youth and the desire for a simpler, more fulfilling existence. The song touches upon the universal themes of aspiration, dissatisfaction, and the quest for happiness in a world that often prioritizes productivity over personal joy, making it a resonant piece in today's music landscape.

Song Details
Singer:
LMF
Total Lines:
57