玩忽职守
wán hū zhí shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

玩忽职守
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wán hū zhí shǒu
  1. to neglect one's duty
  2. dereliction of duty
  3. malpractice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wán
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to trifle with
  4. 4 toy
  5. 5 sth used for amusement
  6. 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
  7. 7 to keep sth for entertainment
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
jiān shǒu
  1. 1 to hold fast to
  2. 2 to stick to
hǎo wán
  1. 1 amusing
  2. 2 fun
  3. 3 interesting
shǒu
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to abide by the law
  5. 5 to observe (rules or ritual)
  6. 6 nearby
  7. 7 adjoining
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
shǒu suì
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
shǒu hù
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to protect
hū you
  1. 1 to rock
  2. 2 to sway
  3. 3 to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)
  4. 4 to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
  5. 5 to trick sb into doing sth
  6. 6 to dupe
  7. 7 to con
hū rán
  1. 1 suddenly
  2. 2 all of a sudden
hū lu:è
  1. 1 to neglect
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to ignore
hū shì
  1. 1 to neglect
  2. 2 to ignore
wán r5
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to hang out
wán jù
  1. 1 plaything
  2. 2 toy
wán yì
  1. 1 toy
  2. 2 plaything
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 act
  5. 5 trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
wán yì r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 玩意[wán yì]
wán xiào
  1. 1 to joke
  2. 2 joke
  3. 3 jest
zūn shǒu
  1. 1 to comply with
  2. 2 to abide by
  3. 3 to respect (an agreement)
kāi wán xiào
  1. 1 to play a joke
  2. 2 to make fun of
  3. 3 to joke
bǎo shǒu
  1. 1 conservative
  2. 2 to guard
  3. 3 to keep

Idioms (18)

吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔,缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
安分守己
ān fèn shǒu jǐ
  1. 1 to be content with one's lot (idiom)
  2. 2 to know one's place
抱残守缺
bào cán shǒu quē
  1. 1 to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
  2. 2 stickler for tradition
有为有守
yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu
  1. 1 able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 有守有為|有守有为[yǒu shǒu yǒu wéi]
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
玩世不恭
wán shì bù gōng
  1. 1 to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions
  2. 2 frivolous
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
  1. 1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
  2. 2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
积于忽微
jī yú hū wēi
  1. 1 to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
飘忽不定
piāo hū bù dìng
  1. 1 to drift without a resting place (idiom)
  2. 2 roving
  3. 3 errant
  4. 4 vagrant
  5. 5 erratic
魂不守舍
hún bù shǒu shè
  1. 1 to be preoccupied (idiom)
  2. 2 to be inattentive
  3. 3 to be frightened out of one's mind

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