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无所事事

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Pīnyīn
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HSK
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
HSK 7-9

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *无* | 无* | *无
4画
negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
1041.0
MKU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *所* | 所* | *所
8画
place, location; numerary adjunct
7222.1
HSHML
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *事* | 事* | *事
8画
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
5000.7
JLLN
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *事* | 事* | *事
8画
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
5000.7
JLLN

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *无* | 无* | *无
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
  
  shì
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
  
everything
   
   shì
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,