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.]

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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

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• 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