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 三十四 sān shí sì thirty-four / 34 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 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 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 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 八天 bā tiān eight-day / eight days 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 不日 bù rì within the next few days / in a few days time syn 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 丙申 bǐng shēn thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016 五七 wǔ qī memorial activity 35 days after a person's death 己亥 jǐ hài thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019 壬寅 rén yín thirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022 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 三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) 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] 三十 sān shí thirty / 30 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 卅 sà thirty 大前天 dà qián tiān three days ago 三七开 三七開 sān qī kāi ratio seventy to thirty / thirty percent failure, seventy percent success 斋期 齋期 zhāi qī fasting days / a fast 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 三十六计 三十六計 sān shí liù jì The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems 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 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 三十年河东，三十年河西 三十年河東，三十年河西 sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant 三九天 sān jiǔ tiān the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year 车辆不可用日数 vehicle off the road days / VOR days 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 三十年来 三十年來 sān shí nián lái for the past thirty years 丁酉 dīng yǒu thirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017 三七开定论 三七開定論 sān qī kāi dìng lùn thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong 三十六字母 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory 三十六计，走为上策 三十六計，走為上策 sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave 叁拾 叄拾 sān shí thirty (in banker's anti-fraud numerals) 国际经济学和货币政策协商小组 國際經濟學和貨幣政策協商小組 Consultative Group on International Economics and Monetary Policy / Group of Thirty 叁十国小组 三十國小組 Consultative Group on International Economics and Monetary Policy / Group of Thirty 