业余

业余

in one's spare time

HSK 5 (2.0)HSK 4 (3.0)3 meanings#8349
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    in one's spare time

    不是专业的;利用空闲时间进行的búshì zhuānyè de;lìyòng kōngxiá shíjiān jìnxíng de

    • He enjoys reading books in his spare time.

    + 2 more examples for this meaning
    • She spends all her free time fishing.

    • She spends all her free time fishing.

  2. adjective

    outside working hours

    不是主要工作;在工作以外的时间做的búshì zhǔyào gōngzuò;zài gōngzuò yǐwài de shíjiān zuò de

    • He is an amateur photographer.

  3. adjective

    amateur (historian etc)

    不是职业的,利用空闲时间做的búshì zhíyè de, lìyòng kōngxián shíjiān zuò de

    • He is an amateur historian.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A wooden rack for hanging musical instruments evolved to mean profession or work.

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