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  • v.lose one's job; be out of work

    • shī yè dài lái de yī dà è guǒ shì fàn zuì lǜ shàng shēng

      失业带来恶果犯罪率上升

      One of the by-products of unemployment is an increase in crime.

    • shī yè huì duì gōng zuò chǎn shēng xiāo jí tài du

      失业工作产生消极态度

      Being unemployed produces negative attitudes to work.

    • zhèng fǔ chí chí wèi jiě jué shī yè wèn tí

      政府迟迟解决失业问题

      The government has been dilatory in dealing with the problem of unemployment.

    • shī yè jī jīn

      失业基金

      unemployment fund

    • zào chéng shī yè

      造成失业

      cause unemployment

    • shī yè gōng rén

      失业工人

      unemployed worker

Word usage

  • "失" and "业" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 因为经济景气

      He lost his job because of the economic downturn.

    • 年轻时候

      I once lost my job when I was young.

    • 一样

      He is out of work like me.