leisurely and negligent; idle
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
leisurely and negligent; idle and careless from excessive leisure
literaryA literary term describing a state of being idle, slack, or negligent due to having too much free time; also used to describe the fleeting passage of time.
Tā他
shēng生
xìng性
yōu悠
hū忽
，
zhōng终
rì日
wú无
suǒ所
shì事
shì事
。
He is negligent by nature and does nothing all day long.
Suì岁
yuè月
yōu悠
hū忽
，
zhuǎn转
yǎn眼
yǐ已
shì是
shí十
nián年
guò过
qù去
。
Time passes leisurely, and in the blink of an eye ten years have gone by.
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Yōu悠
hū忽
suì岁
yuè月
，
xū虚
dù度
guāng光
yīn阴
，
shí实
zài在
kě可
xī惜
。
It is truly a pity to let time pass idly and waste one's days in negligence.