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时间 shí jiān time / period / CL:段[duan4]
时候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period
时代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
期间 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
阶段 jiē duàn stage / section / phase / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
时期 shí qī period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4]
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
季节 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
周期 zhōu qī period / cycle
年间 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
课时 kè shí class / period
年头 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
历时 lì shí to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
学时 xué shí class hour / period
句号 jù hào full stop / period (punct.)
时 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
下来 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)
时刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always
一时 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
时光 shí guāng time / era / period of time
有效期 yǒu xiào qī period of validity / sell-by date
时间内 shí jiān nèi within (a period of time)
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
一向 yī xiàng always (previously) / a period of time in the recent past
同期 tóng qī the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year
三国 Sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage
生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life
前期 qián qī preceding period / early stage
片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment
后期 hòu qī late stage / later period
纵横 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period
中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
小康 xiǎo kāng moderately affluent / well-off / a period of peace and prosperity
时分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
孙子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort
月经 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period
本期 běn qī the current period / this term (usually in finance)
中场 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
战国 Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
后天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
先天 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天 / [hou4 tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural
盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age
诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 / during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind
霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon
长效 cháng xiào to be effective over an extended period
历来 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time
昼夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop
旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4]
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
时日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
一气 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang
高峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period / rush hour
晚期 wǎn qī later period / end stage / terminal
古装 gǔ zhuāng ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office)
中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid-
试用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period
道家 Dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
时效 shí xiào timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription / limitation / (metallurgy) aging
海归 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist
大和 Dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
长夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
耗时 hào shí time-consuming / to take a period of (x amount of time)
特别行政区 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 / and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
管子 Guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 / (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 / of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
五代 Wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
届满 jiè mǎn the end of fixed period in office / expiration of a term
东吴 Dōng Wú Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
孙权 Sūn Quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period
经期 jīng qī menstrual period
秦国 Qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
中叶 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century) / middle period
历史时期 lì shǐ shí qī historical period
保修期 bǎo xiū qī guarantee period / warranty period
一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight
侏罗纪 Zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)
环比 huán bǐ (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
战国时代 Zhàn guó Shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
无期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment)
雨过天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1]
展期 zhǎn qī to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt)
日积月累 rì jī yuè lěi to accumulate over a long period of time
例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
百家争鸣 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
一年期 yī nián qī one year period (in a contract or budget)
潜伏期 qián fú qī incubation period (of disease)
会期 huì qī the duration of a conference / the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held / session / the date of a meeting
来潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
墨子 Mò zǐ Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
死期 sǐ qī time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
月子 yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium
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