待业 (dài yè) — to be unemployed and waiting for a job (often used in formal/official contexts)
Definition
待业 means 'to be unemployed and looking for work' — formal/official term, common in news and government contexts. Closer to a status than a temporary state, unlike 失业 which simply means having lost a job.
verb
to be unemployed and waiting for a job (often used in formal/official contexts)
Examples
- 待业。Tā bì yè hòu yì zhí zài dài yè.He has been unemployed and waiting for a job since graduation.
- ，。Tā dài le bàn nián yè, zhōng yú zhǎo dào gōng zuò le.He was unemployed for half a year and finally found a job.
- 待业。Hěn duō dà xué bì yè shēng zàn shí dài yè.Many college graduates are temporarily unemployed and waiting for jobs.
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