旧业
jiù yè
Pinyin

Definition

旧业
 - 
jiù yè
  1. one's old profession
  2. trade of one's forebears

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事业
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 CL:個|个[gè]
企业
qǐ yè
  1. 1 company
  2. 2 firm
  3. 3 enterprise
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 CL:家[jiā]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
依旧
yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
创业
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
商业
shāng yè
  1. 1 business
  2. 2 trade
  3. 3 commerce
专业
zhuān yè
  1. 1 specialty
  2. 2 specialized field
  3. 3 main field of study (at university)
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 CL:門|门[mén],個|个[gè]
  6. 6 professional
业务
yè wù
  1. 1 business
  2. 2 professional work
  3. 3 service
  4. 4 CL:項|项[xiàng]
产业
chǎn yè
  1. 1 industry
  2. 2 estate
  3. 3 property
  4. 4 industrial
毕业
bì yè
  1. 1 graduation
  2. 2 to graduate
  3. 3 to finish school
职业
zhí yè
  1. 1 occupation
  2. 2 profession
  3. 3 vocation
  4. 4 professional
旧
jiù
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 opposite: new 新
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 worn (with age)
行业
háng yè
  1. 1 industry
  2. 2 business
不务正业
bù wù zhèng yè
  1. 1 not to engage in honest work
  2. 2 to ignore one's proper occupation
  3. 3 not to attend to one's proper duties
事业心
shì yè xīn
  1. 1 devotion to one's work
  2. 2 professional ambition
事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
仍旧
réng jiù
  1. 1 still (remaining)
  2. 2 to remain (the same)
  3. 3 yet
企业家
qǐ yè jiā
  1. 1 entrepreneur
伟业
wěi yè
  1. 1 exploit
  2. 2 great undertaking
兢兢业业
jīng jīng yè yè
  1. 1 cautious and conscientious

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
安居乐业
ān jū lè yè
  1. 1 to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
成家立业
chéng jiā lì yè
  1. 1 to get married and start a career (idiom)
  2. 2 to settle down
  3. 3 to establish oneself
敬业乐群
jìng yè lè qún
  1. 1 diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's colleagues
新愁旧恨
xīn chóu jiù hèn
  1. 1 new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
业精于勤
yè jīng yú qín
  1. 1 mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.
  2. 2 Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.
  3. 3 Practice makes perfect.
业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī
  1. 1 to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
率由旧章
shuài yóu jiù zhāng
  1. 1 to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow a proven formula
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
旧地重游
jiù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
旧愁新恨
jiù chóu xīn hèn
  1. 1 old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
  1. 1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
  2. 2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

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