正事
zhèng shì
Pinyin

Definition

正事
 - 
zhèng shì
  1. one's proper business

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
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 classifier: 个 gè
反正
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome

Sample Sentences

那我的经验是，醒来还在床上翻来覆去，容易一整天都头晕脑胀的，早起后拖着不干正事，我会因为浪费时间而深感沮丧。
nà wǒ de jīngyàn shì ，xǐnglái háizài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù ，róngyì yīzhěngtiān dōu tóuyūnnǎozhàng de ，zǎoqǐ hòu tuō zhe bù gàn zhèngshì ，wǒ huì yīnwèi làngfèi shíjiān ér shēn gǎn jǔsàng 。
My experience is that if you toss and turn in your bed after you wake up, you end up feeling hazy all day long. If I don't get up to some proper stuff in the morning, I actually feel upset that I've wasted my time.
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