"Idle" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow
 kòng xián idle / free time / leisure / unused (place)
 lǎn duò idle / lazy
 qīng xián idle / leisurely
 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused
 xián sǎn idle / unused / at leisure
 hùn rì zi to idle / to waste time
 xián idle / unoccupied / leisure
 dài idle / lazy / negligent / careless
 kòng xiá idle / free time / leisure
 rǒng sǎn idle / unemployed
 xiè duò slack / idle
 xián kòng idle / free time / leisure
 xián lái wú shì at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do
 xián yú (of one's time) idle / unoccupied
 xián zhì to leave sth unused / to lie idle
 tiáo kǎn to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat
 yóu dàng to wander / to roam about / to loaf about / to be idle
 xián rén idle person / idler / unconcerned person
 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away
 wú suǒ shì shì to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom)
 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money
 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out
 kōng tán prattle / idle chit-chat
 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time
 lǎn hàn idle fellow / lazybones
 xián chě to chat / idle talk
 fù xián to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical
 xián yán suì yǔ idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
 lǎn guǐ lazybones / idle bum
 shuǎ pín zuǐ (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly
 mó yáng gōng to idle on the job
 xián variant of 閑|闲, idle / unoccupied / leisure / free time
 yóu shǒu hào xián to idle about
 píng tóu pǐn zú to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom)
 wú suǒ yòng xīn not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away
 xián yán xián yǔ idle gossip
 bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle
 xiū xián variant of 休閒|休闲 / leisure / relaxation / not working / idle
 tuò yú crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks
 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
 wú yè xián sǎn unemployed and idle
 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)
 kōng hǎn idle clamor / to prattle
 tīng xìn yáo yán to take heed of idle chatter (idiom)
 duǒ qīng xián to avoid external disturbance in order to idle
 yóu shǒu to be idle
 xián kǒu idle talk
 xián liáo tiān to chat / idle gossip
 biāo kǒu shuǐ gossip / idle chat
 yǒu qián yǒu xián to have money and time / to be part of the leisure class / the idle rich
 bù shì shēng chǎn not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time
 tán zī sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation
 bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
 wén zi guǎn (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)
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