"Absent" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 缺席 | quē xí | absence / absent |   |
| 代课 | dài kè | to teach as substitute for absent teacher | |
| 开小差 | kāi xiǎo chāi | to be absent-minded / to desert / to abscond from the army / absent without leave (AWOL) | |
| 缺勤 | quē qín | to be absent from work or school | |
| 误工 | wù gōng | to delay one's work / to be late for or absent from work / loss of working time | |
| 救场 | jiù chǎng | to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor) | |
| 退席 | tuì xí | to absent oneself from a meeting / to decline to attend | |
| 擅离职守 | shàn lí zhí shǒu | to abscond / to be absent without leave | |
| 请别见怪 | qǐng bié jiàn guài | please don't be upset / no hard feelings / absit iniuria verbis / let injury by words be absent | |
