偷得浮生半日閒

See also: 偷得浮生半日闲

Chinese

to steal; to pilfer
get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 
 fleeting life; ephemeral human life; to grow floating on water
half a day; a long time; quite a while
half a day; a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
 
 idle; interstice; separate
trad. (偷得浮生半日閒) 偷 得 浮生 半日 閒
simp. (偷得浮生半日闲) 偷 得 浮生 半日 闲

Etymology

An oft-quoted line of Tang poem by Li She:

因過竹院逢僧話，
偷得浮生半日閒。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
因过竹院逢僧话，
偷得浮生半日闲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: circa 823, 李涉,《題鶴林寺僧舍》
Yīn guò zhú yuàn féng sēng huà,
Tōu dé fúshēng bànrì xián. [Pinyin]
By a bamboo temple I talk with a monk midway:
Half a day, in my floating life, is thus whiled away.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tōu dé fúshēng bànrì xián
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: tōu dé fúshēng bànrì xián
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: tou dé fúsheng bànrìh sián
      • Wade–Giles: tʻou1 tê2 fu2-shêng1 pan4-jih4 hsien2
      • Yale: tōu dé fú-shēng bàn-r̀ syán
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tou der fwusheng bannryh shyan
      • Palladius: тоу дэ фушэн баньжи сянь (tou dɛ fušɛn banʹži sjanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ fu³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

Idiom

偷得浮生半日閒

  1. take some time out from a hectic work schedule
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