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leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow
HSK 5
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  *閒* | 閒* | *閒
idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
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  *閑* | 閑* | *閑
enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲) idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
leisurely / carefree / relaxed
HSK 7-9
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
variant of 悠閒|悠闲 / leisurely
HSK 7-9
to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business
other people's business
to leave sth unused / to lie idle
to chat / casual conversation
leisurely and comfortable / relaxed
idle / leisurely
casual conversation / chat / gossip / to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
to chat
leisure; spare time / (of a person) free; unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied; unused; idle; vacant; spare
meddling in other people's business
at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do
ordinary / common / unimportant / idly / for no reason
laid back; leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
leisure
spare money
to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work
idle person; idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place
light reading
leisurely and carefree mood
peaceful and carefree / leisurely
to chat / idle talk
(in the negative) (not) to be trifled with
idle gossip
Mind your own business! / Don't interfere!
to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical
to lead an idle life; to be a loafer
idle / free time / leisure
to guard
to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life
calm / tranquil
elegant / graceful
to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time
to hang around / to hang out
officials with light duties / supernumeraries
sinecure / position with practically no obligations
leisurely frame of mind
leisure / free time / unoccupied / not in use
to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work / also written 偷閒|偷闲
at one's ease / carefree
(of one's time) idle; unoccupied
casual pants
idle talk
leisure shoes
variant of 閒人|闲人
to loiter
to chat idly
variant of 閒談|闲谈
calm and composed (idiom)
to gossip / to make unfavorable comments
to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)
slack winter season (farming)
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
leisurely and free (idiom) / carefree and at ease
with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom)
to have money and time / to be part of the leisure class / the idle rich
erhua variant of 消閒|消闲
unemployed and idle
to avoid external disturbance in order to idle
to idle about
at leisure
to sit around / to sit idly
leisurely mood / relaxed frame of mind
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
to chat / idle gossip
wild flower
idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
to stroll
comfort and leisure
(employee) having no fixed duties


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