Examples
dǎ pái打牌shì是yì一zhǒng种liú xíng流行de的xiāo qiǎn消遣fāng shì方式。
打牌是一种流行的消遣方式。
Playing cards is a popular pastime.
阅读是我的消遣。
Reading is my past-time.
玛丽最喜欢的消遣是读哲学书；至于汤姆，他比较喜欢自慰。
Mary's favourite pastime was reading philosophy books, while Tom, he preferred masturbating.