打發時間 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 打发时间 dǎfāshíjiān ㄉㄚˇ ㄈㄚ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ to pass the time Character by character 打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings 發(fā)send out 時(shí)surname Shi 間(jiān)between A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0