游手好闲

Traditional: 遊手好閑

yóu shǒu hào xián

Dictionary entry

to idle about

What does 游手好闲 mean?

游手好闲 (yóu shǒu hào xián) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to idle about

Character breakdown

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游Yóusurname You 手shǒuhand · (formal) to hold 好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 闲xiánenclosure · (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle

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游手好闲

yóu shǒu hào xián

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