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HSK
half hour
when the moment comes / at that time
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
immediate
standard time
childhood
to stagger (holidays, working hours etc)
Beijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription; limitation / (metallurgy) aging
for a moment / momentarily
Porsche (car company)
working hours
at that (future) time
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
(idiom) a short time; a little while
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
working hours; office hours
to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
timely rain / (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
instant message
this day and age (dialect)
alarm clock
in one's childhood
HSK 2
information age
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
sometimes / at times
sometimes
HSK 1
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
HSK 6
to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time
when?; at what time?
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
out of step with current thinking / outmoded / inappropriate for the occasion
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
often; frequently
HSK 5
(sports) injury time
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
sensitivity to timing / time-sensitive / timeliness
Neolithic Era
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
historical period
to take time / time-consuming
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) (abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报)
antiquity
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future / make merry while you can / carpe diem
ready at any moment
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
contemporary expectations
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
time limit
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
premature / too soon
to travel through time
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
Dark Ages
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
synchronic; concurrent
timeliness / promptness
class hour / period
HSK 4
prevalent custom of the time
duration
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
Beijing Times, a Chinese-language daily newspaper based in Beijing, published by People's Daily 2001–2017
daily schedule / work schedule
Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
seasonal vegetables
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
at all times / at every moment
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
until this moment
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods / Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
a possible period of want or need
mostly sunny; mostly clear (meteorology)
local time
daily schedule / daily routine
point in time
(verb) tense
a little earlier
Financial Times
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
time-sharing (shared use, e.g. of a holiday home) / (computing) time-sharing
duration
stopping and starting / intermittent / sporadic / on and off
time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
every day and every hour / hourly and daily (idiom)
Mesolithic Era
3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target / to hit the nub of the matter
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
current situation / circumstances / current trend
at this very moment
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
to take up time / to spend time
5-7 pm

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