失业

Traditional form:

失業

Pinyin (reading):

shīyè

Definitions:

• unemployment
• to lose one's job

Characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 业 - business, profession; to study, to work

Traditional characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 業 - business, profession; to study, to work