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无所事事

wú suǒ shì shì
HSK 7

English Meaning

to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)

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每天就在这个地方无所事事 浪费青春
HSK 7 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“I should be achieving great things, but instead I'm totally rotting away here.”

1. PREVIOUS

本来都应该是前途无量的 结果呢

“We should both have bright futures. Yet we end up”

“idling around in this place every day and wasting our youth.”

3. NEXT

那

“Well,”

《云秀行》 · social_and_dating
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在朝中挂了个闲职 终日无所事事
HSK 7 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“He has been politically marginalized and stripped of real influence.”

1. PREVIOUS

他自战场归来之后 便被削去了兵权

“After he returned from the battlefield, his military command was stripped.”

“He was given an idle post, doing nothing.”

3. NEXT

也不知道 是不是在战场受了伤 看起来还有些虚弱

“Maybe he was hurt on the battlefield. He looks somewhat weak.”

《白日提灯​》 · historical_and_court
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