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HSK
sometimes / now and then
HSK 1
sometimes
HSK 1
in one's childhood
HSK 2
at this time / at this moment
HSK 2
ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
HSK 2
current trends; the present situation; how things are going
HSK 5
(concept of) time / (duration of) time / (point in) time
HSK 1
on time / punctual / on schedule
HSK 4
at the same time; simultaneously
HSK 2
time / length of time / moment / period
HSK 1
class hour / period
HSK 4
as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc
HSK 4
often; frequently
HSK 5
then / at that time / while
HSK 2
at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary
HSK 2
timely; at the right time / promptly; without delay
HSK 3
at that time
HSK 2
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL: 個|个, / constantly / always
HSK 3
a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time
HSK 6
old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
HSK 6
temporary; provisional; for the time being
HSK 5
from time to time / now and then / occasionally / frequently
HSK 5
now / this moment
HSK 5
on time / before deadline / on schedule
HSK 4
then / at that time / in those days
HSK 2
time / era / period of time
HSK 5
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  *時* | 時* | *時
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
HSK 3
fashion / fashionable clothes
HSK 6
opportunity; opportune moment
HSK 5
half hour
when the moment comes / at that time
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
Opportunity knocks but once. (idiom)
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
immediate
standard time
occasionally; from time to time
HSK 6
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
season; time
HSK 6
fashion / fad / fashionable
HSK 7-9
(idiom) a short time; a little while
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
to count down / countdown
HSK 7-9
often / constantly
HSK 6
instant message
this day and age (dialect)
in vogue / fashionable
HSK 7-9
alarm clock
information age
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
sometimes / at times
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
HSK 6
to last / to take (time) / period / diachronic
HSK 7-9
at the same time; meanwhile
HSK 7-9
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
time interval / work shift / time slot / the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
HSK 7-9
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
(sports) injury time
sensitivity to timing / time-sensitive / timeliness
Neolithic Era
historical period
to take time / time-consuming
speed per hour
HSK 7-9
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) (abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报)
antiquity
from time to time
HSK 7-9
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
sometimes good, sometimes bad
HSK 7-9
when the time comes / at the scheduled time
HSK 7-9
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
time limit
premature / too soon
to travel through time
anticlockwise / counterclockwise
Dark Ages
fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage
synchronic; concurrent
timeliness / promptness
prevalent custom of the time
duration
Beijing Times, a Chinese-language daily newspaper based in Beijing, published by People's Daily 2001–2017

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