"Idle" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 休闲 | xiū xián | leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow |   |
| 空闲 | kòng xián | leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare | |
| 懒惰 | lǎn duò | idle / lazy | |
| 清闲 | qīng xián | idle / leisurely | |
| 空置 | kōng zhì | to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused | |
| 闲散 | xián sǎn | laid back / leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused / idle | |
| 混日子 | hùn rì zi | to idle / to waste time | |
| 闲 |  xián | idle / unoccupied / leisure | |
| 怠 | dài | idle / lazy / negligent / careless | |
| 空暇 | kòng xiá | idle / free time / leisure | |
| 冗散 | rǒng sǎn | (literary) idle / unemployed / (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose | |
| 懈惰 | xiè duò | slack / idle | |
| 闲空 | xián kòng | idle / free time / leisure | |
| 闲来无事 | xián lái wú shì | at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do | |
| 闲余 | xián yú | (of one's time) idle / unoccupied | |
| 疏散 | shū sǎn | idle / leisurely / laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] | |
| 闲置 | xián zhì | to leave sth unused / to lie idle | |
| 调侃 | tiáo kǎn | to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat | |
| 游荡 | yóu dàng | to wander / to roam about / to loaf about / to be idle | |
| 闲人 | xián rén | idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place | |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away | |
| 无所事事 | wú suǒ shì shì | to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) | |
| 游资 | yóu zī | floating capital / idle fund / hot money | |
| 不甘寂寞 | bù gān jì mò | unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out | |
| 空谈 | kōng tán | prattle / idle chit-chat | |
| 纸上谈兵 | 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 | |
| 消闲 | xiāo xián | to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time | |
| 懒汉 | lǎn hàn | idle fellow / lazybones | |
| 闲扯 | xián chě | to chat / idle talk | |
| 赋闲 | fù xián | to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical | |
| 闲言碎语 | xián yán suì yǔ | idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor | |
| 懒鬼 | lǎn guǐ | lazybones / idle bum | |
| 消 | xiāo | to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take | |
| 吃闲饭 | chī xián fàn | to lead an idle life / to be a loafer | |
| 耍贫嘴 | shuǎ pín zuǐ | (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly | |
| 磨洋工 | mó yáng gōng | to idle on the job | |
| 閒 | xián | variant of 閑|闲, idle / unoccupied / leisure / free time | |
| 游手好闲 | yóu shǒu hào xián | to idle about | |
| 评头品足 | píng tóu pǐn zú | to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom) | |
| 无所用心 | wú suǒ yòng xīn | not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away | |
| 闲言闲语 | xián yán xián yǔ | idle gossip | |
| 饱食终日无所用心 | 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 | |
| 休閑 | xiū xián | variant of 休閒|休闲 / leisure / relaxation / not working / idle | |
| 唾余 | tuò yú | crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks | |
| 抛荒 | pāo huāng | to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice | |
| 无业闲散 | wú yè xián sǎn | unemployed and idle | |
| 留白 | 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) | |
| 空喊 | kōng hǎn | idle clamor / to prattle | |
| 听信谣言 | tīng xìn yáo yán | to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) | |
| 躲清闲 | duǒ qīng xián | to avoid external disturbance in order to idle | |
| 游手 | yóu shǒu | to be idle | |
| 闲口 | xián kǒu | idle talk | |
| 闲聊天 | xián liáo tiān | to chat / idle gossip | |
| 飙口水 | biāo kǒu shuǐ | gossip / idle chat | |
| 有钱有闲 | yǒu qián yǒu xián | to have money and time / to be part of the leisure class / the idle rich | |
| 不事生产 | bù shì shēng chǎn | not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time | |
| 谈资 | tán zī | sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation | |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | 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 | |
| 蚊子馆 | wén zi guǎn | (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw) | |
