无所事事

wú suǒ shì shì · wu suo shi shi

Traditional 無所事事

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)更(gèng)愿(yuàn)意(yì)工(gōng)作(zuò)而(ér)不(bú)是(shì)无(wú)所(suǒ)事(shì)事(shì)。

He preferred working to doing nothing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

放(fàng)假(jià)这(zhè)几(jǐ)天(tiān)他(tā)无(wú)所(suǒ)事(shì)事(shì),整(zhěng)天(tiān)在(zài)家(jiā)看(kàn)电(diàn)视(shì)。

During the holiday he had nothing to do and watched TV at home all day.

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