不务正业 in English bu4 wu4 zheng4 ye4 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

不 务 正 业

Traditional Characters

不 務 正 業

Pinyin

bu4 wu4 zheng4 ye4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 务wu4affair 正zheng4first month of the lunar year 业ye4surname Ye