开小差 kāi xiǎo chāi

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

开 kāi
HSK 1
open; initiate, begin, start
小 xiǎo
HSK 1
small, tiny, insignificant
差 chāi
HSK 3
to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer