游手

遊手
yóushǒu
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to be idle; loaf around
  2. 2 to idle (one's hands)

Examples

Tā zhěng tiān yóushǒu, méi ge zhèngjīng shì zuò.
He loafs around all day with no real occupation.
Cūn lǐ yóushǒu de niánqīngrén yuè lái yuè shǎo.
There are fewer and fewer idle young men in the village.

Tips

usage
More commonly seen as part of the four-character idiom 游手好闲 (yóushǒuhàoxián, 'idle hands fond of leisure' = bum around). Per 《新华词典》: 着手 ('hands left empty / idle') or 闲荡不务正业 ('drifting around without honest work').

Stroke Order

yóu
shǒu