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not to engage in honest work · to ignore one's proper occupation · not to attend to one's proper duties

不务正业
bù wù zhèng yè
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)好逸恶劳hào yì wù láoto idle about游手好闲yóu shǒu hào xiánworthless · good-for-nothing不成材bù chéng cáilit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress · excessive attention to trivia saps the will玩物丧志wán wù sàng zhìunpromising · cannot be trained · not worth educating · hopeless to succeed in life不堪造就bù kān zào jiù
Antonyms
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work · to make an all-out effort · up to the neck in work埋头苦干mái tóu kǔ gàn