不务正业

bù wù zhèng yè

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Definitions

1. not to engage in honest work
2. to ignore one's proper occupation
3. not to attend to one's proper duties

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Child Words of 不务正业

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 业 业 yè: line of business
• 正 正 zhēng: first month of the lunar year
• 正 正 zhèng: straight
• 务 务 wù: affair
• 正业 正业 zhèng yè: one's regular job