无所事事 wúsuǒshìshì to have nothing to do
to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
How to remember 无所事事: 无 have not + 所 place + 事 matter = to have nothing to do.
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How it is used
- Idiom: to idle about with nothing to do - 整天无所事事 (zhěng tiān wúsuǒshìshì) loaf around all day.
- Mildly critical, implying aimless idleness. 事事 here = to busy oneself with affairs, negated by 无所.
Example sentences
- 她无所事事地看向窗外 Tā wúsuǒshìshì de kàn xiàng chuāngwàiShe was idly looking out of the window.
- 他更愿意工作而不是无所事事。 Tā gèng yuànyì gōngzuò ér búshì wúsuǒshìshì.He preferred working to doing nothing.