Definition & Meaning

1.while away one's leisure time; fill one's spare time; kill the leisure time; pass/cheat the leisure time; spend one's free time

2.carefree; be at leisure

xiāo xián

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1
v.while away one's leisure time; fill one's spare time; kill the leisure time; pass/cheat the leisure time; spend one's free time
- xiāo xián qiǎn xìng
  消闲遣兴
  dispel boredom and while away one's leisure time
- yóu yǒng chí biān xiāo xián
  游泳池边消闲
  lazing at the poolside
- diàn shì tái zài wǎn shang diǎn bàn tíng zhǐ bō fàng yú lè xiāo xián jié mù
  电视台在晚上7点半停止播放娱乐消闲节目。
  Television stations ended the day's leisure programmes at 7:30 pm.
synonym
pái qiǎn排遣
2
adj.carefree; be at leisure
- qù nián xià tiān tā hěn xiāo xián dù le yī gè yuè jià
  去年夏天，她很消闲，度了一个月假。
  She went away for a month on holiday last summer in carefree comfort.
- tā kě zhēn xiāo xián kàn xì qù le
  她可真消闲，看戏去了。
  She has a lot of free time and has gone to watch a play.
synonym
yōu xián悠闲

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