业荒于嬉 — Chinese idiom
业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī
Traditional: 業荒於嬉
Meaning
- to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results
Character by character
- 业yèbusiness, profession; to study, to work
- 荒huāngwasteland, desert; uncultivated
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 嬉xīto enjoy; to play, to amuse oneself
Idioms sharing a character
- 兢兢业业 jīng jīng yè yè
- 子承父业 zǐ chéng fù yè
- 安家立业 ān jiā lì yè
- 安居乐业 ān jū lè yè
- 家大业大 jiā dà yè dà
- 成家立业 chéng jiā lì yè
- 敬业乐群 jìng yè lè qún
- 业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
- 穷家薄业 qióng jiā bó yè
- 重操旧业 chóng cāo jiù yè
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