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忙里偷闲

máng lǐ tōu xián

4-character word Traditional 忙裡偷閑

What 忙里偷闲 means

1. idiomto snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule

The characters in 忙里偷闲

• 忙mángbusy; hurriedly; to hurry
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied

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