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开小差

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3-character word Traditional 開小差

What 开小差 means

1. to be absent-minded
2. to desert
3. to abscond from the army
4. absent without leave (AWOL)

The characters in 开小差

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack

Example sentences

• 汤姆在开小差。
  Tāngmǔ zài kāixiǎochāi.
  Tom isn't paying attention.