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空闲

kòng xián · kong xian

Traditional 空閒

Meaning

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  1. leisure; spare time
  2. (of a person) free; unoccupied
  3. (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied; unused; idle; vacant; spare

In a sentence

2 examples
01

父(fù)亲(qīn)常(cháng)常(cháng)在(zài)空(kòng)闲(xián)时(shí)间(jiān)读(dú)侦(zhēn)探(tàn)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。

Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)把(bǎ)空(kòng)闲(xián)时(shí)间(jiān)全(quán)都(dōu)花(huā)在(zài)阅(yuè)读(dú)上(shàng)。

I spend all my free time reading.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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