打发时间 dǎfāshíjiān to kill time Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 打发 打發 dǎfa verb to pass the time To pass or while away time; to spend time doing something to avoid boredom.时间 時間 shíjiān noun time the concept of time as a continuous flow of events from the past through the present to the future; often contrasted with 空间 kōngjiān