消 遣

xiāoqiǎn

“To while the time away” in Chinese is 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn).

Meaning

to while the time away
amusement
pastime

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recreation
to make sport of

Example

阅读是我的消遣。

Reading is my past-time.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

xiāoHSK 310 strokesto diminish; to subside qiǎnHSK 7-913 strokesto dispatch; to send

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