并购 併購 bìng gòu merger and acquisition (M and A) / acquisition / to take over 获得战略 獲得戰略 acquisition strategy / acquisition path 获得途径 獲得途徑 acquisition strategy / acquisition path 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 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 习得 習得 xí dé to learn / to acquire (some skill through practice) / acquisition 求田问舍 求田問舍 qiú tián wèn shè lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life syn 购置成本 購置成本 gòu zhì chéng běn acquisition cost 数据采集系统 數據採集系統 shù jù cǎi jí xì tǒng Data Acquisition System 采购和合同管理科 Acquisition and Contract Management Section 情报、监视、目标捕获和侦察 情報、監視、目標捕獲和偵察 intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance 捕获目标 捕獲目標 bǔ huò mù biāo target acquisition 农业生物技术应用国际置办服务处 農業生物技術應用國際置辦服務處 International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications 获取技术多边基金 Multilateral Technology Acquisition Fund 采集参数 采集參數 acquisition parameters / recording parameters 记录参数 記錄參數 acquisition parameters / recording parameters 联合国系统电子信息采购集团 聯合國系統電子信息采購集團 United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisition Consortium 监督控制和数据收集系统 監督控制和數據收集系統 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems / SCADA Systems 获得核技术 獲得核技術 acquisition of nuclear technology 海洋数据收集系统 海洋數據收集系統 Ocean Data Acquisition System 采集线 采集線 acquisition line 采集速度 acquisition speed / towing speed 拖船航速 tuō chuán háng sù acquisition speed / towing speed 改进发展中国家购船融资办法专家组 改進發展中國家購船融資辦法專家組 Group of Experts on improved methods of financing ship acquisition by developing countries 欧洲个人取得和持有火器管制公约 歐洲個人取得和持有火器管制公約 European Convention on the Control of the Acquisition and Possession of Firearms by Individuals 数据采集、远程指挥和追踪站 數據采集、遠程指揮和追蹤站 Data Acquisition, Telecommand and Tracking Station 指令和数据收集站 指令和數據收集站 command and data acquisition station 捕捉信号 捕捉信號 acquisition of signal 孟加拉湾风暴潮数据收集协调方桉 孟加拉灣風暴潮數據收集協調方案 Coordinated Programme of Storm Surge Data Acquisition in the Bay of Bengal 外地采购管理改革工作队 外地采購管理改革工作隊 Field Acquisition Management Reform Task Force 采购和索引科 采購和索引科 Acquisition and Indexing Section 取得知识区域论坛 取得知識區域論壇 Regional Knowledge Acquisition Forum 搜索雷达 搜索雷達 acquisition radar 目标捕捉雷达 目標捕捉雷達 acquisition radar 获得途径分析 獲得途徑分析 acquisition path analysis 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 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 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 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 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 