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(employee) having no fixed duties
leisurely mood / relaxed frame of mind
to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work / also written 偷閒|偷闲
sinecure / position with practically no obligations
with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom)
to sit around / to sit idly
to chat / idle gossip
to avoid external disturbance in order to idle
slack winter season (farming)
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
comfort and leisure
to idle about
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life
idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor
elegant / graceful
at one's ease / carefree
feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
to have money and time / to be part of the leisure class / the idle rich
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閑* | 閑* | *閑
enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲) idle / unoccupied / leisure
HSK 5
to chat about domestic trivia (idiom)
unemployed and idle
to stroll
officials with light duties / supernumeraries
wild flower
to guard
to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
leisure / free time / unoccupied / not in use
at leisure
variant of 悠閒|悠闲 / leisurely
HSK 7-9
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
calm / tranquil
variant of 閒談|闲谈
variant of 閒人|闲人


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