赖床不起

賴床不起

làichuáng bùqǐ

phrase

Meanings

1 to refuse to get out of bed
2 to dawdle in bed and not get up

Characters

to rise; get up

Examples

冬天的早上,我赖床不起,一直按掉闹钟。

Dōngtiān de zǎoshang, wǒ làichuáng bùqǐ, yīzhí àn diào nàozhōng.

On winter mornings I refuse to leave bed and keep dismissing the alarm.

孩子天天赖床不起,妈妈都急了。

Háizi tiāntiān làichuáng bùqǐ, māma dōu jí le.

The kid won't get out of bed day after day — mom's at her wits' end.

Tips

grammar

Four-syllable extension of 赖床 with the resultative 不起 'unable to / won't get up'. Pattern V + 不起 ('won't / can't V') is productive: 起不来 / 不起 'can't get up', 站不起 'can't stand'.

Stroke Order

赖 lài

床 chuáng

不 bù

起 qǐ