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 旧约 舊約 jiù yuē former agreement / former contract 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 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory 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 萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc 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 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 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 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 前任 qián rèn predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn 前嫌 qián xián former hatred / bygone enmity 前者 qián zhě the former syn 原有 yuán yǒu original / former syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 旧病 舊病 jiù bìng old illness / former affliction syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 故居 gù jū former residence syn 银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 旧闻 舊聞 jiù wén outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times syn 