正事 (zhēng) — one's proper business; serious matter; duty
Definition
正事 means serious, important business — the work or duties that genuinely matter, as opposed to trivia or small talk. In examples it is often negated (不是正事) to mark something as unimportant and deferrable.
noun
one's proper businessserious matterduty
Examples
- 正事。Wǒ men xiān bǎ zhēng bàn wán zài qù wán.Let's finish our proper business first, then go play.
- 正事，。Tā píng shí zhī tán zhēng, cóng bù xián liáo.He only talks about serious matters normally and never chit-chats.
- 正事，。Zhè jiàn shì bú shì zhēng, kě yǐ shāo hòu chǔ lǐ.This matter is not a serious one; we can deal with it later.
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