不务正业

不務正業
bùwùzhèngyè
  1. not to engage in honest work
  2. to ignore one's proper occupation
  3. not to attend to one's proper duties

CEDICT

  1. to disregard one's real occupation; to not attend to one's proper duties
  2. to not do an honest day's work; to not live by honest labor

Wiktionary

不做正经事，不从事正当的工作。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 务正 wùzhèng
  1. (formal, chiefly in the negative) to take up a proper job
  2. to take up a proper job
3 业 yè
  1. line of business
  2. industry
  3. occupation
  4. job
  5. employment
  6. school studies
  7. enterprise
  8. property
  9. (Buddhism) karma
  10. deed
  11. to engage in
  12. already