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闲来无事
xián​lái​wú​shì

to have nothing to do

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 闲 閒 xián verb
    idle
    idle; not busy; unoccupied; having nothing to do; not in use; staying at leisure
  2. 来 來 lái prepositionparticle
    since
    Used after a time duration to mean "for the past..." or "ever since"
  3. 无 無 wú adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  4. 事 shì noun
    matter
    matter; affair; thing; event