游荡 遊蕩 yóu dàng to wander / to roam about / to loaf about / to be idle syn 休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn 无所事事 無所事事 wú suǒ shì shì to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) syn 消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away syn 空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn 懒惰 懶惰 lǎn duò idle / lazy syn 闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn 腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag syn 瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing syn 调侃 調侃 tiáo kǎn to ridicule / to tease / to mock / idle talk / chitchat syn 空谈 空談 kōng tán prattle / idle chit-chat syn 清闲 清閒 qīng xián idle / leisurely syn 闲扯 閑扯 xián chě to chat / idle talk syn 混日子 hùn rì zi to idle / to waste time syn 闲置 閒置 xián zhì to leave sth unused / to lie idle syn 懒汉 懶漢 lǎn hàn idle fellow / lazybones syn 闲言碎语 閑言碎語 xián yán suì yǔ idle gossip / irrelevant nonsense / slanderous rumor 空置 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn 闲散 閑散 xián sǎn laid back / leisurely / (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused / idle syn 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn 赋闲 賦閑 fù xián to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical syn 不甘寂寞 bù gān jì mò unwilling to remain lonely or idle / unwilling to be left out syn 游资 遊資 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money 消 xiāo to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take syn 闲 閒 xián idle / unoccupied / leisure syn 游手好闲 遊手好閑 yóu shǒu hào xián to idle about syn 二流子 èr liú zi loafer / idler / bum syn 怠 dài idle / lazy / negligent / careless syn 耍贫嘴 耍貧嘴 shuǎ pín zuǐ (coll.) to wag one's tongue / to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes / to chatter endlessly / to speak glibly syn 吃闲饭 吃閒飯 chī xián fàn to lead an idle life / to be a loafer syn 磨洋工 mó yáng gōng to idle on the job syn 閒 xián variant of 閑|闲, idle / unoccupied / leisure / free time 闲言闲语 閒言閒語 xián yán xián yǔ idle gossip syn 评头品足 評頭品足 píng tóu pǐn zú to make idle remarks about a woman's appearance (idiom) syn 空暇 kòng xiá idle / free time / leisure syn 无所用心 無所用心 wú suǒ yòng xīn not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away syn 跟屁虫 跟屁蟲 gēn pì chóng lit. bum beetle / sb who tags along / shadow / sycophant 饱食终日无所用心 飽食終日無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì wú suǒ yòng xīn eat three square meals a day and do no work / be sated with food and remain idle 休閑 xiū xián variant of 休閒|休闲 leisure / relaxation / not working / idle 冗散 rǒng sǎn (literary) idle / unemployed / (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose 唾余 唾餘 tuò yú crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks 懈惰 xiè duò slack / idle 抛荒 拋荒 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice syn 无业闲散 無業閑散 wú yè xián sǎn unemployed and idle 留白 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) 空喊 kōng hǎn idle clamor / to prattle syn 听信谣言 聽信謠言 tīng xìn yáo yán to take heed of idle chatter (idiom) 躲清闲 躲清閑 duǒ qīng xián to avoid external disturbance in order to idle 游手 遊手 yóu shǒu to be idle 闲聊天 閑聊天 xián liáo tiān to chat / idle gossip 闲口 閒口 xián kǒu idle talk 闲空 閒空 xián kòng idle / free time / leisure syn 飙口水 飆口水 biāo kǒu shuǐ gossip / idle chat 有钱有闲 有錢有閑 yǒu qián yǒu xián to have money and time / to be part of the leisure class / the idle rich 不事生产 不事生產 bù shì shēng chǎn not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time 谈资 談資 tán zī sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation 闲来无事 閒來無事 xián lái wú shì at leisure / idle / to have nothing to do 饱食终日，无所用心 飽食終日，無所用心 bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle 蚊子馆 蚊子館 wén zi guǎn (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw) 闲余 閒餘 xián yú (of one's time) idle / unoccupied 疏散 shū sǎn idle / leisurely / laid-back / Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] syn 