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开小差

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Strokes
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Collocation

1
开了小差
2
开小差当逃兵
3
开车时千万不要开小差
4
在会议的中途开小差

Definition

开小差

Literally means:

desert

Actually means:

It refers to a solider fleeing from the army or a civilian bugging out in a collective activity. It also refers to absent-mindedness and daydreaming. Derogatory.

指军人逃离部队,或一般人在集体活动中偷偷古动溜走。也指做事时思想不集中,想别的事情。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Zhège
这个
huì
diǎn
si
意思
méiyǒu
没有
  
,
zuò
zài
hòumiàn
后面
de
rén
dōu
个个
de
kāi
le
xiǎochā
小差
  

It didn't mean anything, and everyone sitting in the back made a little difference one by one.

2
zhàng
打仗
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
jūnrén
军人
jué
决不
yǔn
允许
kāixiǎochāi
开小差
  
,
fǒu
否则
huì
shòudào
受到
yán
严厉
de
chǔ
处罚
  

When fighting, soldiers are never allowed to make small differences, or they will be severely punished.

3
wàng
zhāo
chuāngwài
窗外
kāixiǎochāi
开小差
  
,
zhīdào
知道
lǎoshī
老师
jiǎng
de
shì
shénme
什么
  
,
duì
lǎoshī
老师
de
wèn
提问
diǎn
chūlái
出来
  

He looked out of the window to open the deviation, do not know what the teacher is talking about, the teacher's questions can not answer.

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