# 不亦乐乎 (bùyìlèhū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不亦乐乎 (bùyìlèhū) means “extremely busy or happily absorbed in”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: extremely busy or happily absorbed in
- Pinyin: bùyìlèhū (bu4 yi4 le4 hu1)
- Traditional: 不亦樂乎
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 孩子们在院子里玩得不亦乐乎。
  Háizimen zài yuànzi lǐ wán de bùyìlèhū.
  The children were playing happily in the yard.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [亦](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-also/) (yì): (literary) also; too
- [乐](https://hanziro.com/word/le-happy/) (lè): happy; cheerful
- 乎 (hū): (classical particle similar to 于) in; at

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-yi-le-hu-extremely-busy-or/

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