休假
xiū jià
Pinyin

Definition

休假
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xiū jià
  1. to take a vacation
  2. to go on holiday

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
假
gēi
  1. 1 see 假掰[gēi bāi]
假期
jià qī
  1. 1 vacation
寒假
hán jià
  1. 1 winter vacation
放假
fàng jià
  1. 1 to have a holiday or vacation
休
Xiū
  1. 1 surname Xiu
休假
xiū jià
  1. 1 to take a vacation
  2. 2 to go on holiday
休闲
xiū xián
  1. 1 leisure
  2. 2 relaxation
  3. 3 not working
  4. 4 idle
  5. 5 to enjoy leisure
  6. 6 to lie fallow
假冒
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
假唱
jiǎ chàng
  1. 1 to lip-sync (singing)
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
假意
jiǎ yì
  1. 1 hypocrisy
  2. 2 insincerity
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
假装
jiǎ zhuāng
  1. 1 to feign
  2. 2 to pretend
假设
jiǎ shè
  1. 1 to suppose
  2. 2 to presume
  3. 3 to assume
  4. 4 supposing that ...
  5. 5 if
  6. 6 hypothesis
  7. 7 conjecture
假话
jiǎ huà
  1. 1 a lie
  2. 2 untrue statement
  3. 3 misstatement
假证
jiǎ zhèng
  1. 1 false testimony
假象
jiǎ xiàng
  1. 1 false appearance
  2. 2 facade
假发
jiǎ fà
  1. 1 wig
午休
wǔ xiū
  1. 1 noon break
  2. 2 lunch break
  3. 3 lunchtime nap

Idioms (15)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū
  1. 1 without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ
  1. 1 ceaseless; endless (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Sample Sentences

对很多放假的人来说，他们觉得放台风假是赚到一天休假，还出去看电影逛百货公司，我很不喜欢这样。
duì hěn duō fàngjià de rén láishuō ，tāmen juéde fàng táifēngjià shì zhuàndào yītiān xiūjià ，hái chūqù kàn diànyǐng guàng bǎihuò gōngsī ，wǒ hěn bù xǐhuan zhèyàng 。
To many people on holiday, they think that a typhoon day is like getting another day of holiday. They can even go to the cinema or go shopping at malls, I really dislike that.
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我明天休假，但经理明天就要看财务报表。你能帮我交给他吗？
wǒ míngtiān xiūjià ，dàn jīnglǐ míngtiān jiù yào kàn cáiwù bàobiǎo 。nǐ néng bāng wǒ jiāo gěi tā ma ？
I am taking a day off tomorrow but the manager wants to look at the financial report tomorrow. Can you hand over the financial report to him for me?
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虽然主管让我休假，但是我却不知道该去哪里度假。
suīrán zhǔguǎn ràng wǒ xiūjià ，dànshì wǒ què bù zhīdào gāi qù nǎli dùjià 。
Although my supervisor is letting me take some time off, I just have no clue where to go on vacation.
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我这几年几乎没有休假，太累了。
wǒ zhè jǐnián jīhū méiyǒu xiūjià ，tài lèi le 。
I've barely taken any time off in the last couple of years. It's too exhausting.
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休假
xiūjià
to have a holiday
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在我休假的这几天里，公司有什么事吗？
zài wǒ xiūjià de zhè jǐ tiān lǐ ，gōngsī yǒu shénme shì ma ？
During these days while I was on vacation, did anything happen at the office?
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刚休假去看了油菜花，就又不想上班了？
gāng xiūjià qù kān le yóucàihuā ，jiù yòu bù xiǎng shàngbān le ？
You just went to see the canolas during break and you're already not wanting to go back to work?
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我打算九月份休假。
wǒ dǎsuàn jiǔyuèfèn xiūjià 。
I plan to take a vacation in September.
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休假
xiūjià
to take a (personal) holiday
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是呀。我搬家了，后来又到外地上大学。现在还在那里工作呢。这次是回来休假。
shì yā 。wǒ bānjiā le ，hòulái yòu dào wàidì shàng dàxué 。xiànzài hái zài nàli gōngzuò ne 。zhècì shì huílai xiūjià 。
Oh, that's because I've moved and then I went off to another city for university. I'm still working there. I'm home on holiday right now.
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