wú​shì​máng

busy with trifles

  • created sense approved 无事忙/無事忙 · wú​shì​máng · busy with trifles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无事忙 / 無事忙

    wú​shì​máng

    busy with trifles

    to be busy with unimportant things or trivia; to be busy doing nothing useful

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 忙 (literal) → 忙 · máng · busy

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 无事忙/無事忙 · wú​shì​máng · busybody — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无事忙 / 無事忙

    wú​shì​máng

    busybody

    a person who is always busy with trivialities or unimportant matters; a busybody

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 忙 (literal) → 忙 · máng · busy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense