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Change log entry 95675
Processed by: kbaiko (2026-06-09 14:32:24 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 87515 - submitted by 'becky82' >>
It's not rare, so you can just Google whatever examples you want. I encounter it regularly when playing Genshin Impact 《原神》, when 凯亚 says "没想到你也知道忙里偷闲" (audio: https://www.aigei.com/sound/class/kai_ya/?page=3).

Definitions:

- 在忙碌中抽空來娛樂。 https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=30305&la=0&powerMode=0
- 忙里偷闲指在繁忙中抽出一点空闲时间。 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BF%99%E9%87%8C%E5%81%B7%E9%97%B2/6760144
- Pleco 《规范词典》 在繁忙中挤出一点儿空闲时间。

So basically, we're finding time to idle/relax despite being busy. It functions as a verb phrase (e.g. 他忙里偷闲), which suggests we should begin the gloss with "to ...".

There seems to be many ways of phrasing this same concept, so I'll just pick one that seems okay.
Diff:
# 忙(裏|裡)偷閑 忙里偷闲 [[mang2li3tou1xian2]] /to find a moment of leisure in the midst of work/
# Editor:
+ 忙裡偷閑 忙里偷闲 [[mang2li3-tou1xian2]] /(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule/
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