Chinese word dictionary

闲事

xián shì · other people's business

Word information

Simplified闲事
Traditional閒事
Pinyinxián shì
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 闲事

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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