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失業

unemployment

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

shi1ye4 • shīyè

Meaning

Primary

unemployment

Alternatives

lose one's job

Mnemonic

失業 Unemployment is when you 失 lose paid word within your 業 profession.

Usage

失業 率

unemployment rate

失業 保險

unemployment insurance

失業 表示 他 很 閒 了。

Being unemployed indicates he is very idle.