to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
trad. 業荒於嬉
Also written 業荒於嬉【yè huāng yú xī】
Characters in this word
4业
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surname Ye
- Pinyin
- Yè
- Traditional
- 業
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 18729 of 2500
荒
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desolate, shortage, scarce, out of practice, absurd, uncultivated, to neglect
- Pinyin
- huāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 38189 of 2500
于
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 631 of 2500
嬉
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(literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 15