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To have nothing to do in Chinese: 无所事事 (wú suǒ shì shì)

wú suǒ shì shì

to have nothing to do

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無所事事1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to have nothing to do
  2. 2to idle one's time away (idiom)

Stroke order

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所
事
事

Zhuyin

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄙㄨㄛˇ

suǒ

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

无所事事

Simplified

無所事事

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他退休后整天无所事事。

    tā tuì xiū hòu zhěng tiān wú suǒ shì shì。

    After retiring, he has nothing to do all day long.

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Related words

无

wú

not to have

所

suǒ

actually

事

shì

matter

事情

shì qing

affair

所以

suǒ yǐ

therefore

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

无聊

wú liáo

bored

无论

wú lùn

no matter what or how

厕所

cè suǒ

toilet

从事

cóng shì

to go for

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