spare time ⇒ 业余爱好 yèyú àihào → hobby

( 兴致 ) excitement

spare energy

aftertaste

room ⇒ 这件事已没有商量的余地。 Zhè jiàn shì yǐ méiyǒu shāngliang de yúdì. → There is no longer any room for negotiation in this matter.

lingering fear

free time

aftereffects pl

( 指晚年 ) remaining years pl

the rest

be left

( 超出需要量的 ) surplus

surplus

remaining ⇒ 战败后,残余的部队逃回老家。 Zhànbài hòu, cányú de bùduì táo huí lǎojiā. → After their defeat, the remaining troops fled home.

profit ⇒ 这笔生意做下来有3万元的盈余。 Zhè bǐ shēngyi zuò xiàlái yǒu sān wàn yuán de yíngyú. → If we do this business then we'll make thirty thousand dollars profit.

saving

profit ⇒ 这个月音像店赢余上万元。 Zhège yuè yīnxiàngdiàn yíngyú shàng wàn yuán. → This month the record shop's profit is more than ten thousand yuan. ⇒ 除去开支，我们只有几百元的赢余。 Chúqù kāizhī, wǒmen zhǐyǒu jǐ bǎi yuán de yíngyú. → After our expenses, we only have a few hundred yuan profit.

do one's utmost ⇒ 足球俱乐部不遗余力地引进外国球星。 Zúqiú jùlèbù bù yí yú lì de yǐnjìn wàiguó qiúxīng. → The football team did its utmost to attract foreign football stars.

have a close brush with death

have a lingering fear

death is too good for ⇒ 这种坏人死有余辜。 Zhè zhǒng huàirén sǐ yǒu yú gū. → Death's too good for people like that.

be more than equal to ⇒ 他经验丰富，做这项工作游刃有余。 Tā jīngyàn fēngfù, zuò zhè xiàng gōngzuò yóu rèn yǒu yú. → He has plenty of experience, so he is more than equal to this task.

more than enough ⇒ 用我的工资应付日常的生活绰绰有余。 Yòng wǒ de gōngzī yìngfù rìcháng de shēnghuó chuòchuò yǒu yú. → My wages are more than enough to pay for my daily outgoings.

over a cup of tea ⇒ 这个笑话成了茶余饭后的谈资。 Zhège xiàohuà chéngle chá yú fàn hòu de tánzī. → The joke became dinner-party material.

narrowly escape death

reasonably well ⇒ 咱们过的日子比上不足，比下有余。 Zánmen guò de rìzi bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒuyú. → We have been living reasonably well.