无所事事 meaning in English
to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
Meaning of 无所事事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wúsuǒshìshì
- to have nothing to do
- to idle one's time away (idiom)
无所事事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
无论一个男人多有钱，都不应无所事事。
No matter how rich a man may be, he ought not to be idle.
吉姆工作努力，而约翰却无所事事。
Jim works hard, but John is idle.
她无所事事地看向窗外
She looked idly out of the window.
他更愿意工作而不是无所事事。
He preferred working to doing nothing.
在假期中我无所事事。
I did nothing during the holidays.
Stroke order for each character
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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes
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所 suǒ · actually · 8 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 无所事事.
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 所以 | suǒyǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 所有 | suǒyǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
| 事实上 | shìshíshang | in fact; in reality |
| 事件 | shìjiàn | incident; event |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
Questions about 无所事事
What does 无所事事 mean?
无所事事 (wúsuǒshìshì) means "to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)".
How do you write 无所事事?
无所事事 is made of 4 characters: 无 (4 strokes), 所 (8 strokes), 事 (8 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.
Is 无所事事 an HSK word?
Yes. 无所事事 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 无所事事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 无所事事 is written 無所事事.