打发时间

Traditional form:

打發時間

Pinyin (reading):

dǎfāshíjiān

Definitions:

• to pass the time

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 间 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 間 - between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality