旧业 (舊業)
jiù yè
Pinyin

Definition

旧业 (舊業)
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jiù yè
  1. one's old profession
  2. trade of one's forebears

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shì yè
  1. 1 undertaking
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. 5 publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. 6 career
  7. 7 occupation
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè
qǐ yè
  1. 1 company
  2. 2 firm
  3. 3 enterprise
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 classifier: 家 jiā
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
chuàng yè
  1. 1 to begin an undertaking
  2. 2 to start a major task
  3. 3 to initiate
  4. 4 to venture
  5. 5 venture
  6. 6 entrepreneurship

Idioms (20)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
安家立业
ān jiā lì yè
  1. 1 stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off