排遣
pái qiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

排遣
 - 
pái qiǎn
  1. to divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc)
  2. to dispel (negative thoughts etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
安排
ān pái
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to plan
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 arrangements
  5. 5 plans
彩排
cǎi pái
  1. 1 dress rehearsal
排
pái
  1. 1 a row
  2. 2 a line
  3. 3 to set in order
  4. 4 to arrange
  5. 5 to line up
  6. 6 to eliminate
  7. 7 to drain
  8. 8 to push open
  9. 9 platoon
  10. 10 raft
  11. 11 classifier for lines, rows etc
排便
pái biàn
  1. 1 to defecate
排出
pái chū
  1. 1 to discharge
排斥
pái chì
  1. 1 to reject
  2. 2 to exclude
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to repel
排毒
pái dú
  1. 1 to expel poison (from the system)
  2. 2 to detox
排球
pái qiú
  1. 1 volleyball
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
排练
pái liàn
  1. 1 to rehearse
  2. 2 rehearsal
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
排行榜
pái háng bǎng
  1. 1 the charts (of best-sellers)
  2. 2 table of ranking
排除
pái chú
  1. 1 to eliminate
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to exclude
  4. 4 to rule out
排队
pái duì
  1. 1 to line up
排骨
pái gǔ
  1. 1 pork chop
  2. 2 pork cutlet
  3. 3 spare ribs
  4. 4 (coll.) skinny person
消遣
xiāo qiǎn
  1. 1 to while the time away
  2. 2 amusement
  3. 3 pastime
  4. 4 recreation
  5. 5 to make sport of
牛排
niú pái
  1. 1 steak
一排
yī pái
  1. 1 row
并排
bìng pái
  1. 1 side by side
  2. 2 abreast
先遣队
xiān qiǎn duì
  1. 1 advance party
  2. 2 advance troops

Idioms (6)

力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
  1. 1 to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
排忧解难
pái yōu jiě nàn
  1. 1 to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排难解纷
pái nàn jiě fēn
  1. 1 to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
调兵遣将
diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
  1. 1 to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army
  2. 2 to send a team on a task

Sample Sentences

这有什么好奇怪的，养宠物可以排遣寂寞，增加生活情趣嘛。
zhè yǒu shénme hǎo qíguài de ，yǎng chǒngwù kěyǐ páiqiǎn jìmò ，zēngjiā shēnghuó qíngqù ma 。
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