无所用心 — “To be idle-minded”
无所用心 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be idle-minded”. To have nothing to occupy one's thoughts; to be unconcerned and inactive mentally. Literally, “To have nowhere to apply one's mind; to be without an engaged mind”.
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无所用心 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 无wú
- 所suǒ
- 用yòng
- 心xīn
无所用心 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 无所用心
他每天除了吃饭睡觉就是玩游戏，对什么都提不起兴趣，真是无所用心。
Every day, besides eating and sleeping, he just plays games and shows no interest in anything else, truly idle-minded and unconcerned.
Origin and Story of 无所用心
During the Spring and Autumn period, Confucius often taught his students to learn from Yan Hui, advising them not to pursue wealth and pleasure, but to diligently focus on their studies.
Confucius said that if a person eats their fill all day long with nothing to do, and doesn't apply their mind to thinking about problems, then they will achieve nothing.
Even chess players, though seemingly idle, must use their minds; they are far better than those who eat their fill all day and have nothing to apply their minds to.
Idioms Related to 无所用心
Antonyms of 无所用心
More idioms starting with 无
- wú无yī一bù不bèi备everything is provided
- wú无yī一bù不zhī知know everything
- wú无yī一kě可not a single redeeming quality
- wú无wàn万dà大qiān千innumerable, countless
- wú无xià下zhù箸chǔ处overwhelmed by an abundance of food
- wú无yǔ与wéi为bǐ比unparalleled, without equal
- wú无yǔ与lún伦bǐ比incomparable and matchless
- wú无yǔ与bǐ比lún伦Unrivaled; beyond compare
- wú无yè业yóu游mín民unemployed wandering vagrant
- wú无sī丝yǒu有xiàn线under a cloud of suspicion
- wú无zhōng中shēng生yǒu有fabricate something out of nothing
- wú无wéi为zhī之zhì治governance by non-interference
Questions about 无所用心
- What does 无所用心 mean?
- 无所用心 (wú suǒ yòng xīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be idle-minded”.
- How do you pronounce 无所用心?
- 无所用心 is pronounced wú suǒ yòng xīn in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 无所用心 literally mean?
- Literally, 无所用心 means “to have nowhere to apply one's mind; to be without an engaged mind”. It is used to mean “to be idle-minded”.
- Where does 无所用心 come from?
- 无所用心 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to ancient China. The full story is on this page.
- What is the Chinese definition of 无所用心?
- 没有地方用他的心。指不动脑筋，什么事情都不关心。