wài

literary
archaic
verb

Meaning of 外骛

外骛 means to attend to matters outside one's duty; to be distracted by external affairs. Pronounced wài wù.

  • to attend to matters outside one's duty; to be distracted by external affairs

Definitions & Examples

jìn
lái
wài
duō
 
xué
yīn
huāng
shū
 

Recently he has been much distracted by external affairs, and his studies have consequently been neglected.

Jūn
zhì
xué
dāng
zhuān
xīn
zhì
zhì
 
wài
 

A gentleman pursuing his studies should concentrate his mind and energy, and must not be distracted by external matters.

Wéi
guān
zhě
ruò
zhōng
wài
 
zhì
zhèng
fèi
chí
 

If an official spends all day attending to external affairs, governmental duties will inevitably become lax.