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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不务正业

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不务正业 bù wù zhèng yè - not to engage in honest work
- to ignore one's proper occupation
- not to attend to one's proper duties

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,765 35,183 27,263

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- affair
- business
- matter
- to be engaged in
- to attend to
- by all means
zhēng- first month of the lunar year
zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
- surname Ye
- line of business
- industry
- occupation
- job
- employment
- school studies
- enterprise
- property
- (Buddhism) karma
- deed
- to engage in
- already

Other Words Containing 不务正业

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不务正业 - - 34,765 35,183 27,263