xiū xián 
		leisure
relaxation
not working
idle
to enjoy leisure
to lie fallow
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū 
		to rest
to stop doing sth for a period of time
to cease
(imperative) don't
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū kè 
		shock (loanword)
to go into shock
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū yǎng 
		to recuperate
to recover
to convalesce
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū xué 
		to suspend schooling
to defer study
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū xián 
		variant of 休閒|休闲 leisure
relaxation
not working
idle
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dié dié bù xiū 
		to chatter or jabber on and on
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lí xiū 
		to retire
to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gōng xiū 
		public holiday
official leave (e.g. sabbatical)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bà xiū 
		to give up
to abandon (a goal etc)
to let sth go
forget it
let the matter drop
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuì xiū 
		to retire
retirement (from work)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū jià 
		to take a vacation
to go on holiday
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū zhěng 
		to rest and reorganize (military)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū xiǎng 
		don't think (that)
don't imagine (that)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū lǚ chē 
		Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū bīng 
		to cease fire
armistice
rested troops
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiè xiū 
		Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiū níng 
		Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1], Anhui
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiū níng xiàn 
		Xiuning county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1], Anhui
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàn bà gān xiū 
		to leave the matter at that
to be prepared to let go
to be willing to take things lying down
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wú xiū wú zhǐ 
		ceaseless; endless (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī bù zuò ,5 èr bù xiū 
		don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
in for a penny, in for a pound
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jiè xiū shì 
		Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			quán xiū 
		complete rest (after an illness)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiū mó 
		David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xiū dá 
		Sebta or Ceuta (city in north Morocco)