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 段落 duàn luò phase / time interval / paragraph / (written) passage syn 忽忽 hū hū fleeting (of quick passage time) / in a flash / distracted manner / vacantly / frustratedly syn 时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 岁月如流 歲月如流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 珠流璧转 珠流璧轉 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 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 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) syn 分管 fēn guǎn to be put in charge of / to be responsible for / branched passage 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) syn 透射 tòu shè to transmit / transmission (of radiation through a medium) / passage 清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) syn 墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn 隧 suì tunnel / underground passage 隘路 ài lù defile / narrow passage syn 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom) 峒室 dòng shì underground mine storage room / mine passage 窦道 竇道 dòu dào sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage 圣经段落 聖經段落 shèng jīng duàn luò Bible passage 车行通道 車行通道 chē xíng tōng dào traffic passage 通行无阻 通行無阻 tōng xíng wú zǔ unobstructed passage / to go through unhindered syn 重文 chóng wén repetitious passage / multiple variants of Chinese characters 无害通过权 無害通過權 wú hài tòng guò quán right of innocent passage 自由通过安排 自由通過安排 pass-through arrangements / free passage 通过点 通過點 tòng guò diǎn passage point 海嵴山口 海脊山口 gap / passage 通过权 通過權 right of passage 经过胎盘 經過胎盤 placental passage 通道辐射监测器 通道輻射監測器 radiation passage monitor 安全通行保证 安全通行保證 safe-passage guarantee 买路钱 買路錢 mǎi lù qián money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession 暗桩 暗樁 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy 暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel 一夫当关，万夫莫开 一夫當關，萬夫莫開 yī fū - dāng guān , wàn fū - mò kāi (idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand 堵截 dǔ jié to intercept / to block the passage of / to interdict syn 密道 mì dào secret passage / hidden tunnel 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 