无所事事 (wú suǒ shì shì) — to have nothing to do; to be idle; to loaf around
Definition
A four-character idiom meaning 'to idle, loaf around' — focuses on passing time without doing anything. Lighter than 一事无成 (which means achieving nothing in life); 晃荡 is the casual verb form.
phrase
to have nothing to doto be idleto loaf around
Examples
- 无所事事，。Tā zhěng tiān wú suǒ shì shì, lián jiā wù yě bú zuò.He loafs around all day and doesn't even do housework.
- ，无所事事。Fàng jià yǐ hòu, wǒ wú suǒ shì shì dì guò le liǎng gè xīng qī.After the holiday started, I idled away two weeks doing nothing.
- 无所事事，。Tā bù xiǎng wú suǒ shì shì, yú shì bào míng cān jiā le zhì yuàn zhě huó dòng.He didn't want to be idle, so he signed up for volunteer activities.
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