消遣
xiāo qiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

消遣
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xiāo qiǎn
  1. to while the time away
  2. amusement
  3. pastime
  4. recreation
  5. to make sport of

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

消失
xiāo shī
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to fade away
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
取消
qǔ xiāo
  1. 1 to cancel
  2. 2 cancellation
消
xiāo
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to vanish
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to spend (time)
  5. 5 have to
  6. 6 need
消停
xiāo tíng
  1. 1 to calm down
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to pause
  4. 4 calmly
  5. 5 peaceful
  6. 6 restful

Idioms (4)

消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn
  1. 1 lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom
  2. 2 to dispel depression or melancholy
  3. 3 to relieve stress
  4. 4 a relaxing pass-time
无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu
  1. 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
调兵遣将
diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
  1. 1 to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
  2. 2 to send a team on a task
云消雾散
yún xiāo wù sàn
  1. 1 the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom)
  2. 2 to clear up
  3. 3 to vanish into thin air

Sample Sentences

王总别消遣我了！我完全是仰仗前辈的抬爱，往后也要请王总多多关照。
Wáng Zǒng bié xiāoqiǎn wǒ le ！wǒ wánquán shì yǎngzhàng qiánbèi de táiài ，wǎnghòu yě yào qǐng Wáng Zǒng duōduō guānzhào 。
Please, don’t make sport of me, Mr Wang, it’s all due to cultivation of senior staff like you. I hope that you will continue to provide counsel to me in my future career.
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没错。我也觉得最重要的是要以正确的态度来对待这些所谓的命运预测。其实无聊的时候，我也会在网上测测我的名字吉利不吉利，下周有没有桃花运什么的，不过看过以后都是一笑而过，并没有真正地去在意过，纯属消遣而已。
méicuò 。wǒ yě juéde zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǐ zhèngquè de tàidu lái duìdài zhèxiē suǒwèi de mìngyùn yùcè 。qíshí wúliáo de shíhou ，wǒ yě huì zài wǎngshàng cèce wǒ de míngzi jílì bu jílì ，xiàzhōu yǒuméiyǒu táohuāyùn shénme de ，bùguò kàn guo yǐhòu dōu shì yīxiào érguò ，bìng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng de qù zàiyì guo ，chúnshǔ xiāoqiǎn éryǐ 。
Right. I also think that the most important thing is keeping the right attitude about prophecies. In fact, when I'm bored, I will also test my name on the Internet to see whether it’s a lucky name or not. Or I will check whether I will have the luck in having romantic encounters or not. But I don’t take them seriously after knowing these. It’s just for killing time.
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还是世纪末的无聊消遣。
háishì shìjì mò de wúliáo xiāoqiǎn 。
Or a boring distraction for the end of an age?
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你呀，真不会消遣。
nǐ ya ，zhēn bù huì xiāoqiǎn 。
You really don't know how to have fun.
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