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忙裏偷閒 (mong4 leoi5 tau1 haan4) — find some free time in one's busyness in Cantonese

mongˎ₄忙leoiˏ₅裏tauˉ¹偷haanˎ₄閒
简 忙里偷闲
Mandarin Pinyin: mang2 li3 tou1 xian2

Meaning of 忙裏偷閒

nounfind some free time in one's busyness
nounsteal a little leisure from the rush of business

Characters in 忙裏偷閒

忙mong4
busy; fully occupied; pressed with work
裏leoi5
suffix used to indicate here, there, where
偷tau1
while away without purpose
閒haan4
bored (note 2)

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