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無所事事

简 无所事事 · 繁 無所事事
Mandarin · pinyin wú suǒ shì shì

Meanings

  1. to have nothing to do
  2. to idle one's time away (idiom)
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無
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所
suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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2–3–4–4 · wu2 suo3 shi4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 so2 si6 si6

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mou4 so2 si6 si6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to have nothing to do

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