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"a hard time" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
受罪 shòu zuì to endure / to suffer / hardships / torments / a hard time / a nuisance syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period 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
时间 時間 shí jiān (concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time syn
努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of 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
辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn
期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time 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
时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-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
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
时不时 時不時 shí bù shí from time to time syn
期限 qī xiàn time limit / deadline / allotted 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
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
不时 不時 bù shí from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently syn
时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn
车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey
一度 yī dù for a time / at one time / one time / once syn
时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag
届时 屆時 jiè shí when the time comes / at the scheduled time syn
定时 定時 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it 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
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
时而 時而 shí ér occasionally / from time to time 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
反反复复 反反復復 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly / time and time again syn
截至 jié zhì up to (a time) / by (a time) syn
历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn
苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears
限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit / time limit / deadline syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
耗时 耗時 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
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
好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn
时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
久而久之 jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time syn
首次 shǒu cì first / first time / for the first time syn
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
消闲 消閒 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time 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
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
交货期 交貨期 jiāo huò qī delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery) / date of delivery
难解难分 難解難分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle syn
北京时间 北京時間 běi jīng shí jiān Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST)
移动硬盘 移動硬盤 yí dòng yìng pán portable hard drive / external hard drive
硬碟 yìng dié (Tw) hard disk / hard drive
难解 難解 nán jiě hard to solve / hard to dispel / hard to understand / hard to undo
回回 huí huí time and again / every 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)
走时 走時 zǒu shí (of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
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
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
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
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
积重难返 積重難返 jī zhòng nán fǎn ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom) / bad old practices die hard syn
挨 ái to suffer / to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay / to stall / to play for time / to dawdle syn
上回 shàng huí last time / the previous time
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
费时 費時 fèi shí to take time / time-consuming syn
赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it syn
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn
难以置信 難以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn (idiom) hard to believe / incredible syn
难以 難以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc) syn
艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult / hard / challenging syn
难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take / embarrassed syn
想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that syn
分配 fēn pèi to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive) syn
强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough / unyielding / hard-line syn
硬盘 硬盤 yìng pán hard disk
沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn
难得 難得 nán dé seldom / rare / hard to come by syn
艰苦 艱苦 jiān kǔ difficult / hard / arduous syn
目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn
卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn
坚固 堅固 jiān gù firm / firmly / hard / stable syn
难免 難免 nán miǎn hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably syn
苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously / persistently / hard / painful
坚硬 堅硬 jiān yìng hard / solid syn
顽强 頑強 wán qiáng tenacious / hard to defeat syn
机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn
用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn
难以启齿 難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth syn
手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice syn
奋战 奮戰 fèn zhàn to fight bravely / (fig.) to struggle / to work hard syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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