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Examples:fig. the inexorable passage of time—separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)—very brief period of time—the end of a period of time—effectiveness for a given period of time—gap or interval of time (between turns)—a spell (period of time)—be over (of a period of time)—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—(of time) elapse or pass—vast and limitless (idiom); endless span of time—fig. fleeting passage of time—period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—the time of the incident—stop doing sth. for a period of time—become more resolute with the passing of time [idiom.]—until the end of time [idiom.]—nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year—a time of peace and stability—(Wu dialect) time of the day—Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John—double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement—regardless of the time of day or night—time of famine or crop failure—beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery—Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution—twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy—the people's livelihood is reduced destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment— |