时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 限时 限時 xiàn shí to set a time limit / for a limited time / time-limited / limited period of time 联合国演讲事务处 聯合國演講事務處 United Nations Speakers Bureau / Speakers Bureau 时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn 天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn 走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave) 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. an interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time (saying) / fig. time is precious 寸金难买寸光阴 寸金難買寸光陰 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious. 抓功夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫) 抓工夫 zhuā gōng fu to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓功夫) 格林尼治平时 格林尼治平時 gé lín ní zhì píng shí Universal Coordinated Time / Greenwich Mean Time / Coordinated Universal Time 致死时间 致死時間 lethal time / survival time / time-to-death 法相时基金会 Dharma Nature Time / International Foundation for Dharma Nature Time 国际和平局 國際和平局 International Peace Bureau 国际经济和劳动局 International Bureau of Economy and Work 国际回收工业局 guó jì huí shōu gōng yè jú Bureau of International Recycling 澳大利亚国际开发援助局 Australian International Development Assistance Bureau 国际环境局 guó jì huán jìng jú International Environmental Bureau 国际水禽和湿地研究局 International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau 国际财政文献局 guó jì cái zhèng wén xiàn jú International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation 儿童权利国际事务局 儿童權利國際事務局 r tóng quán lì guó jì shì wù jú International Bureau for Children's Rights 国际关税局 國際關稅局 guó jì guān shuì jú International Customs Tariffs Bureau 国际局 國際局 guó jì jú International Bureau 国际博览会局 國際博覽會局 International Exhibitions Bureau 国际集装箱局 國際集裝箱局 guó jì jí zhuāng xiāng jú International Container Bureau 国际海洋局 國際海洋局 guó jì hǎi yáng jú International Maritime Bureau 国际社会旅游事业局 國際社會旅遊事業局 International Bureau of Social Tourism 国际汽车制造商常设事务局 國際汽車制造商常設事務局 International Permanent Bureau of Automobile Manufacturers 国际回收局 國際回收局 guó jì huí shōu jú Bureau of International Recycling 国际麻醉品和执法事务局 國際麻醉品和執法事務局 Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs 国际癫痫局 國際癲癇局 guó jì diān xián jú International Bureau for Epilepsy 国际阿拉伯麻醉品局 國際阿拉伯麻醉品局 International Arab Narcotics Bureau 摩托车制造商常设国际局 摩托車制造商常設國際局 Permanent International Bureau of Motor Cycle Manufacturers 国际计量局 國際計量局 Bureau international des poids et mesures 国际纺织品和服装局 國際紡織品和服裝局 International Textiles and Clothing Bureau 国际信息学局 國際信息學局 guó jì xìn xī xué jú International Bureau of Informatics 国际天主教儿童局 國際天主教兒童局 International Catholic Child Bureau 国际死亡宣告局 國際死亡宣告局 guó jì sǐ wáng xuān gào jú International Bureau for Declarations of Death 国际保护知识产权联合局 國際保護知識產權聯合局 United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property 国际水文局 國際水文局 guó jì shuǐ wén jú International Hydrographic Bureau 国际教育局 國際教育局 International Bureau of Education 建立国际热带木材局协定 建立國際熱帶木材局協定 jiàn lì guó jì rè dài mù cái jú xié dìng Agreement establishing the International Tropical Timber Bureau 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn 首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn 时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted time syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn 北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) 定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc) 届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn 来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time / can do it in time / can still make it syn 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 时段 時段 shí duàn time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day syn 时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn 时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn 车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey 耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time) 回回 huí huí time and again / every time 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag 头一回 頭一回 tóu yī huí the first time / for the first time syn 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 时点 時點 shí diǎn point of time (in time-based systems) 到点 到點 dào diǎn it's time (to do sth) / the time has come syn 消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn 天时地利人和 天時地利人和 tiān shí dì lì rén hé the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom) / a good time to go to war 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 期 qī a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn 瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March 大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 