| 释义 |
Examples:time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!—two-timing (in romantic relationships)—flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)—customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners—your name has been known me for a long time (polite)—classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later—Fall inthe moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.—holding two or more (official) posts at the same time—Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John—born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. complain about one's fate)—double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement—beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery—sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)—the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)—hold two contradictory views at the same time—Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution—undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications—twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy—become more resolute with the passing of time [idiom.]— |