be free ⇒ 等我空闲下来再去拜访你。 Děng wǒ kòngxián xiàlái zài qù bàifǎng nǐ. → I'll call on you when I'm free. ⇒ 这个操场空闲两年了。 Zhège cāochǎng kòngxián liǎng nián le. → This games area has been unused for two years. ⇒ 他一有空闲就下棋。 Tā yī yǒu kòngxián jiù xiàqí. → When he has free time he plays chess.
等闲
( 书 ) ordinary
赋闲
be out of work
轻闲
free
闲事
other people's business
闲人
layabout
闲散
free
闲暇
leisure
闲杂
miscellaneous
闲置
be unused ⇒ 闲置资金 xiánzhì zījīn → unused funds
闲话
( 流言 ) gossip
说闲话
gossip
游手好闲
loaf about ⇒ 一个游手好闲、不愿工作的人很难得到尊重。 Yī gè yóu shǒu hào xián, bù yuàn gōngzuò de rén hěn nán dédào zūnzhòng. → It's very difficult for people who are idle and unwilling to work to gain respect.
闲情逸致
be in a carefree mood ⇒ 没想到您还有钓鱼这种闲情逸致。 Méi xiǎngdào nín háiyǒu diàoyú zhè zhǒng xián qíng yì zhì. → I never expected you to be in the mood for fishing.
闲言碎语
gossip
English translation of '闲'
闲 (閒)
(xián)
形
(= 不忙) idle
⇒ 他直到退休后才闲下来。 (Tā zhídào tuìxiū hòu cái xián xiàlái.) Only when he retired did he start to take it easy.