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闲扯 (xián chě): Chat idly (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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闲扯 consists of 2 characters.

闲 • xián • leisure, idle, unoccupied • HSK 3.0 · L5

HSK 3.0 · L5

xián闲

leisure, idle, unoccupied

扯 • chě • to pull, to tear • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

chě扯

to pull, to tear

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Pinyinxián chě

Meaningchat idly, shoot the breeze

Characters2

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Syntaxverb

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More common words that include characters from 闲扯.

Words with 闲

休闲xiū xiánenjoy free time; lie fallow
空闲kòng xiánfree time; spare time
闲话xián huàchitchat; digression
悠闲yōu xiánLeisurely / Carefree
闲置xián zhìleave idle
清闲qīng xiánleisurely; idle
闲事xián shìunimportant matter, other people's business
闲人xián rénidler; bystander

Words with 扯

牵扯qiān chěinvolve; implicate; drag into
扯淡chě dànnonsense; to talk nonsense
扯谎chě huǎngto tell a lie
拉扯lā chěpull, drag
瞎扯

xiā chě

talk nonsense

胡扯hú chětalk nonsense

胡诌八扯húzhōu bāchětalk wild nonsense; babble

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Example Sentences with 闲扯

Bié别

xián闲

chě扯

le了

，

kuài快

gōng工

zuò作

。

Stop chatting idly; get to work quickly.

Tā他

men们

xǐ喜

huān欢

zài在

wǔ午

xiū休

shí时

xián闲

chě

Liǎng两

gè个

rén人

xián闲

chě扯

le了

bàn半

tiān天

，

yě

扯

。

They like to chat idly during lunch break.

也

méi没

tán谈

zhèng正

shì事

。

The two chatted idly for a long time without discussing business.