闲人 (閑人)
xián rén
Pinyin

Definition

闲人 (閑人)
 - 
xián rén
  1. variant of 閒人|闲人[xián rén]
  2. idle person
  3. idler
  4. unconcerned person
闲人 (閒人)
 - 
xián rén
  1. idle person
  2. idler
  3. unconcerned person

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

怎么回事呀？你们家厨房以后就是闲人勿进的“军事”禁地了？
zěnmehuíshì ya ？nǐmen jiā chúfáng yǐhòu jiùshì xiánrén wù jìn de “jūnshì ”jìndì le ？
What happened? So now your kitchen has become a restricted entry military zone barring entry to civilians?
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哎，养着这么多闲人，没一个是干实事的。我为了开个居住证明，足足跑了一个月了，真是活见鬼了。
āi ，yǎng zhe zhème duō xiánrén ，méi yī gè shì gàn shíshì de 。wǒ wèile kāi gè jūzhùzhèngmíng ，zúzú pǎo le yī ge yuè le ，zhēn shì huójiànguǐ le 。
Hey, look at all these people not working. There isn't one actually doing work. I've come to get a residence certificate and I've been running around for more than a month. It's ridiculous!
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