那时 那時 nà shí then / at that time / in those days syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest 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 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn 昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn 度日 dù rì to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence syn 旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn 日前 rì qián the other day / a few days ago syn 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn 末梢 mò shāo tip / end / last few days syn 年月 nián yuè months and year / time / days of one's life syn 近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn 明儿 明兒 míng r (coll.) tomorrow / one of these days / some day syn 即日 jí rì this or that very day / in the next few days syn 古时候 古時候 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 连天 連天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly syn 公休 gōng xiū 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 新春 xīn chūn the beginning of Spring / the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day syn 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ every few days (idiom) syn 风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 轮休 輪休 lún xiū to take holidays in rotation / to stagger employees' days off / (agriculture) to lie fallow in rotation 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently syn 几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days 两天 兩天 liǎng tiān two days 三天 sān tiān three days 这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days 前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days 日内 日內 rì nèi in a few days / one of these days syn 五天 wǔ tiān five days 四天 sì tiān four days 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago 隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days 几天来 幾天來 jǐ tiān lái for the past few days 来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn 八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days 不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn 五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death 行政拘留 xíng zhèng jū liú to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention 大月 dà yuè solar month of 31 days / a lunar month of 30 days 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 旧时代 舊時代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days 利市 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days 大建 dà jiàn lunar month of 30 days / same as 大盡|大尽[da4 jin4] 桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4] 赶明儿 趕明兒 gǎn míng r (coll.) some day / one of these days 中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn 小建 xiǎo jiàn lunar month of 29 days / same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4] syn 数九 數九 shǔ jiǔ nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year syn 十日谈 十日談 shí rì tán Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1] 伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn 旬 xún ten days / ten years / full period syn 大前天 dà qián tiān three days ago 斋期 齋期 zhāi qī fasting days / a fast 戊戌变法 戊戌變法 wù xū biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty 一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits 叫苦连天 叫苦連天 jiào kǔ lián tiān to whine on for days (idiom) / to endlessly grumble complaints / incessant whining syn 旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) / incessant and ever more complicated demands 百日维新 百日維新 bǎi rì wéi xīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty 炮火连天 砲火連天 pào huǒ lián tiān cannon firing for days on end (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war 绕梁三日 繞梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) 天次 tiān cì number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution) / days / occasions 三九天 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year 三天打鱼，两天晒网 三天打魚，兩天曬網 sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts 三十天 sān shí tiān thirty days 一暴十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / short attention span syn 上浣 shàng huàn first ten days of a lunar month 下浣 xià huàn last ten days of the lunar month 八十天环游地球 八十天環遊地球 bā shí tiān huán yóu dì qiú Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[Ru2 le4 · Fan2 er3 na4] 初伏 chū fú the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days 四旬斋 四旬齋 sì xún zhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) 多日赛 多日賽 duō rì sài race of several days / many day competition 大斋期 大齋期 dà zhāi qī Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) 往古 wǎng gǔ in former times / in olden days 往岁 往歲 wǎng suì in former years / in olden days 戊戌维新 戊戌維新 wù xū wéi xīn Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty 数九天 數九天 shǔ jiǔ tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year 数九寒天 數九寒天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year syn 旬日 xún rì (literary) ten days / short period 旬时 旬時 xún shí ten days 旬朔 xún shuò ten days / one month / short period 旬期 xún qī ten days 昼短夜长 晝短夜長 zhòu duǎn yè cháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) 月杪 yuè miǎo last few days of the month syn 末伏 mò fú the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August syn 残冬腊月 殘冬臘月 cán dōng là yuè final days of the lunar year 耶稣升天节 耶穌升天節 yē sū shēng tiān jié Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter) 