无所事事

wúsuǒshìshì

to have nothing to do

HSK 3.0 word list · Band 7trad. 無所事事
Dictionary entry

to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)

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See it in sentences

他整天无所事事。

Tā zhěng tiān wúsuǒshìshì.

English

He idles away the whole day.

别无所事事,找点事做。

Bié wúsuǒshìshì, zhǎo diǎn shì zuò.

English

Don't sit around; find something to do.

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