无所事事無所事事

wú suǒ shì shì

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

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Characters

无wúno, not; lacking, -less一尢所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause户斤事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident一口彐亅

Examples

她无所事事地看向窗外

Tā wú suǒ shì shì de kàn xiàng chuāng wài

She was idly looking out of the window.

他更愿意工作而不是无所事事。

Tā gèng yuàn yì gōng zuò ér bù shì wú suǒ shì shì.

He preferred working to doing nothing.