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好整以暇

hào zhěng yǐ xiá · to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)

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Simplified好整以暇

Traditional好整以暇

Pinyinhào zhěng yǐ xiá

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

好hǎo

good; well

整zhěng

neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend

以yǐ

according to; so as to; because of; then

暇xiá

leisure, relaxation, spare time

How to learn 好整以暇

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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好hǎo

good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

好看hǎokàn

good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation

好听hǎotīng

pleasant to hear

好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

可以kěyǐ

can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good