无业 (wú yè) — to be unemployed; to be out of work; to have no property; to be without assets
Definition
Literary/formal term meaning 'unemployed' (no job) or 'without property'. In modern Chinese, the job-related sense is far more common in official and news contexts than in daily speech.
verb
to be unemployedto be out of workto have no propertyto be without assets
Examples
- 无业。Tā yīn wèi gōng sī dǎo bì ér cháng qī wú yè.He has been unemployed for a long time because the company went bankrupt.
- ，。Tā wú le yè, zhèng zài zhǎo gōng zuò.He lost his job and is currently looking for work.
- 无业，。Tā jiā wú yè, kào zhòng dì wéi shēng.His family has no property; they rely on farming to make a living.
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