開小差

开小差
kāixiǎochāi
  1. to be absent-minded
  2. to desert
  3. to abscond from the army
  4. absent without leave (AWOL)

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to be absent-minded; to slack off
  2. (military, of soldiers) to desert; to abscond from the army
  3. to be absent-minded; to slack off
  4. to desert; to abscond from the army

Wiktionary

  1. 軍人私自脫離隊伍逃走。亦用以泛指一般人私自逃跑。
  2. 比喻思緒不集中。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
2 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
3 差 chāi
  1. to send (on an errand)
  2. (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  3. job; official post

Related entries

拋離 pāolí
  1. to desert
  2. to leave
  3. to forsake
叛離 pànlí
  1. to betray
  2. to desert
  3. to defect from
  4. to turn renegade
背棄 bèiqì
  1. to abandon
  2. to desert
  3. to renounce
外逃 wàitáo
  1. to flee abroad
  2. to run away
  3. to desert
  4. outflow