Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Free / Unoccupied: Describes a period of time when one is not busy with work or duties; having leisure time.
   • Idle / Leisured: Describes a state of having little or no work to do; being at ease without pressing obligations.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tôi thường đọc sách vào thời gian nhàn rỗi. (I usually read books in my free time.)
  • Anh ấy đang nhàn rỗi vì chưa có việc mới. (He is idle because he doesn't have a new job yet.)
  • Họ tận hưởng cuộc sống nhàn rỗi sau khi nghỉ hưu. (They enjoy a leisured life after retirement.)

Advanced Usage

• "vốn nhàn rỗi": idle capital; money that is not currently being invested or used.
  • Công ty đang tìm cách đầu tư số vốn nhàn rỗi. (The company is looking for ways to invest its idle capital.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhàn (adj): leisurely, free from work. Often used in a more classical or poetic sense.

  • Cuộc sống nhàn nơi thôn dã. (A leisurely life in the countryside.)

• Rỗi rãi (adj): free, unoccupied, at leisure. A close synonym with a similar meaning.

  • Cuối tuần tôi mới rỗi rãi. (I am only free on weekends.)

Synonyms

• Free: not occupied or engaged.
• Leisured: having ample free time.
• Idle: not active or in use.
• Unoccupied: not busy.

Related Idioms

• "Nhàn cư vi bất thiện": An idle mind is the devil's workshop. This proverb warns that being unoccupied can lead to mischief or trouble.
  • Ông bà thường nói "nhàn cư vi bất thiện" để khuyên con cháu chăm chỉ. (Elders often say "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" to advise their children to be diligent.)

1. Leisured, idle, free
   • Xem sách trong lúc nhàn rỗi
     To read when one is free