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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 闲来无事
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 闲来无事 | xián lái wú shì | - at leisure - idle - to have nothing to do |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 44,863 | 23,333 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 闲 | xián | - enclosure - (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle - unoccupied - leisure |
| 闲 | xián | - idle - unoccupied - leisure |
| 来 | lái | - to come - (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) - hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) - ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) - for the past (amount of time) - (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) - (between two verbs) in order to - (after a round number) approximately - (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
Other Words Containing 闲来无事
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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