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無所事事

/u³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɻ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
to have nothing to do
  • 无所事事
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Origin

The phrase 無所事事 is composed of three characters: 無, 所, and 事. The character 無 means to not have, there is not, or there does not exist. The character 所 means place or location; it contains the semantic component 斤 (a traditional unit of weight) and the phonetic component 戶 (door).

The character 事 means thing or matter. It is formed with the components 又 (again; once more) and 中 (middle; center). Together, the phrase describes the appearance of being idle or not attending to one's proper occupation.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

這個詞彙由「無」、「所」與「事」三個字組成。「無」表示沒有、不存在。「所」指的是地方或位置，其字形包含表示重量單位「斤」的意符，以及「戶」這個音符。「事」則表示事情或事物，其字形由「中」與「又」兩個部分構成。

在詞彙結構上，「事」作為名詞時，可搭配的量詞包括件、樁、回或條。這個詞彙組合在一起，用以描述一種無所事事、不從事正當工作的狀態。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
  • characterChinese所 “place; location”
    • soundChinese戶 “door”
    • meaningChinese斤 “catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms”
  • characterChinese事 “thing; matter (Classifier: 件 m c; 樁／桩 m; 回 m; 條／条 mn-t)”
    • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
    • ideaChinese中 “middle; center”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. to have nothing to do

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 不務正業，游手好閒的樣子。 例：他年紀輕輕卻成天無所事事，浪費大好光陰，真是可惜。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0