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第二次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
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
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
miǎo second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly
二婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
第二春 dì èr chūn (lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
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
二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
二等 èr děng second class / second-rate
二流 èr liú second-rate / second-tier syn
次于 次於 cì yú second after / second only to syn
二副 èr fù second officer (of ship) / second mate
zhòng second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers syn
二号人物 二號人物 èr hào rén wù second best person / second-rate person
次等 cì děng second-class / second-rate syn
二线运输工具 èr xiàn yùn shū gōng jù second-line transportation / second-line transport
二线药物 二線藥物 second-line drug / second-tier drug
二宝 二寶 èr bǎo second child / second baby
第二次漢字簡化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986) / abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
第二次汉字简化方案 第二次漢字簡化方案 dì èr cì hàn zì jiǎn huà fāng àn Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986) / abbr. to 二簡|二简[er4 jian3]
二审 二審 èr shěn (law) second instance / second trial
秒钟 秒鐘 miǎo zhōng (time) second
似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn
民权主义 民權主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
二婚头 二婚頭 èr hūn tóu remarried lady (contemptuous term) / lady who marries for a second time
第二次世界大战死难者悼念与和解日 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
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
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
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
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
生不逢时 生不逢時 shēng bù féng shí born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time syn
猴年马月 猴年馬月 hóu nián mǎ yuè long time off / time that will never come
空儿 空兒 kòng r spare time / free time syn
在这期间 在這期間 zài zhè qī jiān during time / in this time
宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
时有所闻 時有所聞 shí yǒu suǒ wén heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that... 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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