surname Xiu

to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't

(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop

to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop

endlessly; ceaselessly

noon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap

(idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)

to get thoroughly drunk (idiom); to get plastered

rest for now; stop (usually imperative form)

to request permission to resign from an official position (old)

see 介休市[Jie4 xiu1 Shi4]

to shift holidays, taking a weekday off

complete rest (after an illness)

to have a public holiday; to have an official holiday; (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association

two-day weekend (abbr. for 雙休日|双休日[shuang1 xiu1 ri4])

to let matters rest

angry; wrathful

to be on sick leave

to retire under the special retirement system for eligible veteran Communist cadres

to take deferred time off (to make up for working during the weekend or holidays); compensatory leave

to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday; to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday

to take holidays in rotation; to stagger employees' days off; (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation

to fight to one's last gasp

without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)

to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on

(idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop

variant of 善罷甘休|善罢甘休[shan4 ba4 gan1 xiu1]

Mogadishu, capital of Somalia (Tw)

lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog; in for a penny, in for a pound