实
在
没
得
事
干
，
就
去
洗
煤
炭
s
h
í
z
à
i
m
é
i
d
e
s
h
ì
g
ā
n
,
j
i
ù
q
ù
x
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m
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i
t
à
n
Definitions
1. have nothing to do so you wash coal
2. doing something that is pointless
Components
实在
shí zài
–
really
没
méi
–
(negative prefix for verbs)
得
de
–
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
事
shì
–
matter
干
Gān
–
surname Gan
就
jiù
–
at once
去
qù
–
to go
洗
xǐ
–
to wash
煤炭
méi tàn
–
coal