忙里偷閒

See also: 忙里偷闲 and 忙里偷閑

Chinese

		busy	li, a Chinese unit of length	to snatch a break; to find time; to be lazy to snatch a break; to find time; to be lazy; to goof off
trad. (忙里偷閒)		忙	里	偷閒
simp. (忙里偷闲)		忙	里	偷闲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mánglǐtōuxián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄡㄒㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mánglǐtōuxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄡㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mánglǐtousián
  - Wade–Giles: mang²-li³-tʻou¹-hsien²
  - Yale: máng-lǐ-tōu-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangliitoushyan
  - Palladius: манлитоусянь (manlitousjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕjɛn³⁵/

Idiom

忙里偷閒

to steal a little leisure from a busy life; to take a short break

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