打发 dǎfa HSK6 to pass the time Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (3) All meanings 6 dǎfa 6 to pass the time 4to dispatch 1to send away 1 6 sentences 一开始我只是打发时间。 yī kāishǐ wǒ zhǐshì dǎfa shíjiān. Initially, I was just killing time. Source: OpenSubtitles游戏帮助人们打发时间。 yóuxì bāngzhù rénmen dǎfa shíjiān. Games help people pass the time. Source: CCMatrix我把人都打发走了。 wǒ bǎ rén dōu dǎfa zǒu le. I sent everyone away. Source: OpenSubtitles她把儿子打发到学校,然后自己出去了。 tā bǎ érzi dǎfa dào xuéxiào, ránhòu zìjǐ chū qu le. She packed her son off to school and then went out herself. Source: UM-Corpus: Education他们帮我打发时间。 tāmen bāng wǒ dǎfāshíjiān. They help me pass the time. Source: CCMatrix他们不需要离家就能和朋友一起打发时间。 tāmen bùxūyào lí jiā jiù néng hé péngyou yīqǐ dǎfāshíjiān. They do not need to leave home to spend time with their friends. Source: CCMatrix