倥偬

倥傯

kǒngzǒng

adjective

Meanings

HSK 7-9

年底公务倥偬，他已经好几天没回家了。

Niándǐ gōngwù kǒngzǒng, tā yǐjing hǎojǐ tiān méi huí jiā le.

With official business pressing at year's end, he hasn't been home for days.

HSK 7-9

他在军务倥偬之中，仍然坚持每天读书写字。

Tā zài jūnwù kǒngzǒng zhīzhōng, réngrán jiānchí měitiān dúshū xiězì.

Even amid the pressures of military affairs, he kept up his reading and writing every day.

usage

Most often in 戎马倥偬, said of a general's life of constant campaigning. 倥 reads kǒng here but kōng in 倥侗 (ignorant).

倥 kōng

偬 zǒng