遣
qiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

遣
 - 
qiǎn
  1. to dispatch
  2. to send
  3. to dispel

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

谴
qiǎn
  1. 1 to censure
  2. 2 to reprimand
缱
qiǎn
  1. 1 attached to
  2. 2 loving

Related Words (11)

消遣
xiāo qiǎn
  1. 1 to while the time away
  2. 2 amusement
  3. 3 pastime
  4. 4 recreation
  5. 5 to make sport of
差遣
chāi qiǎn
  1. 1 to send (on errand)
排遣
pái qiǎn
  1. 1 to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)
  2. 2 to dispel (negative thoughts etc)
派遣
pài qiǎn
  1. 1 to send (on a mission)
  2. 2 to dispatch
遣返
qiǎn fǎn
  1. 1 to repatriate (e.g. prisoners of war)
  2. 2 to send back

Idioms (1)

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

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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抓到两名持枪嫌犯，一名重伤，请派遣救护车。
zhuādào liǎng míng chí qiāng xiánfàn ，yì míng zhòngshāng ，qǐng pàiqiǎn jiùhùchē 。
We've caught two armed suspects, one is gravely injured, send an ambulance.
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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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啊！法国竟然用了最新研制的生化武器。传染病已经在首都大规模爆发，请求联合国派遣医疗队援助！
ā ！Fǎguó jìngrán yòng le zuìxīn yánzhì de shēnghuàwǔqì 。chuánrǎnbìng yǐjīng zài shǒudū dàguīmó bàofā ，qǐngqiú Liánhéguó pàiqiǎn yīliáoduì yuánzhù ！
Whoa! Amazingly, France used its newly-designed biological weapon. There are large-scale breakouts of the disease in the capital city. We're requesting that the UN send medical assistance!
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这有什么好奇怪的，养宠物可以排遣寂寞，增加生活情趣嘛。
zhè yǒu shénme hǎo qíguài de ，yǎng chǒngwù kěyǐ páiqiǎn jìmò ，zēngjiā shēnghuó qíngqù ma 。
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