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时期

shí qī · shi qi

Traditional 時期

HSK 6Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. period
  2. phase
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Grandpa's school days

  1. Dengdeng

    爷爷(yéye)说(shuō)，他(tā)上学(shàngxué)的(de)时期(shíqī)，没有(méiyǒu)手机(shǒujī)。

    Grandpa said that in his school days there were no phones.

  2. Liangliang

    那(nà)他们(tāmen)怎么(zěnme)联系(liánxì)？

    Then how did they keep in touch?

  3. Dengdeng

    写(xiě)信(xìn)，一封(yīfēng)信(xìn)要(yào)走(zǒu)一个(yīgè)星期(xīngqī)。

    They wrote letters. One letter took a week to arrive.

  4. Liangliang

    那个(nàge)时期(shíqī)的(de)人(rén)一定(yīdìng)很(hěn)有(yǒu)耐心(nàixīn)。

    People in that period must have had great patience.

  5. Dengdeng

    所以(suǒyǐ)你(nǐ)回(huí)我(wǒ)微信(wēixìn)慢(màn)一点(yīdiǎn)，没关系(méiguānxi)。

    So it is fine if you reply to my WeChat a bit slowly.

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)的(de)微信(wēixìn)，到(dào)现在(xiànzài)才(cái)回(huí)。

    Yesterday's WeChat, I only replied to it now.

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2 examples
01

非(fēi)常(cháng)时(shí)期(qī)需(xū)要(yào)非(fēi)常(cháng)措(cuò)施(shī)。

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Tatoeba: Chinese by murr · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

最(zuì)早(zǎo)的(de)琵(pí)琶(pá)大(dà)约(yuē)在(zài)秦(qín)朝(cháo)时(shí)期(qī)发(fā)明(míng)的(de)。

The first lute was invented during the Qin dynasty.

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by BobbyLee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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