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HSK
vacation
HSK 2
week / CL: 個|个 / day of the week / Sunday
HSK 1
date / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
HSK 3
to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer
HSK 4
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
term / semester / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
short term / short-term
HSK 3
early period; early phase; early stage
HSK 5
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  *期* | 期* | *期
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
HSK 3
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)
HSK 5
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc)
HSK 6
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
period / cycle
HSK 5
term of office / CL: 屆|届 / tenure (entire period in office)
HSK 7-9
to expect / to anticipate
HSK 5
the current period / this term (usually in finance)
HSK 6
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
puberty / adolescence
HSK 7-9
previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
oedipal phase (psychology)
golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity
shelf life / expiration date
HSK 7-9
(banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)
HSK 7-9
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
last week
next week
last week / previous week
to fail to come out on time / to miss a deadline
period of validity / sell-by date
HSK 7-9
public holiday
one year period (in a contract or budget)
lock-up period (on stock options)
trying times; painful phase
flood season
date of birth
breastfeeding period / lactation period / suckling period
this week
departure date
unexpectedly / to one's surprise
historical period
to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date)
HSK 7-9
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
infancy
shelf life / freshness date
cooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)
incubation period (of disease)
non-scheduled / irregularly
guarantee period / warranty period
later period / end stage / terminal
HSK 7-9
incubation period / time for sth to develop
project duration; construction period
menstrual period
(physics) half-life
time of birth / period of labor / lying-in
pregnancy; gestation
perinatal period
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
glacial epoch; ice age
prison term
far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
next week
swap (finance)
the flowering season
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
expiry date (of document)
safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
summer vacation time
HSK 7-9
menopause / andropause
fishing season
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
fortnight
as scheduled / on time / punctual
ice age
grace period / period of grace
window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies) / period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc) / lull / hiatus
end (of a period) / last part / final phase
postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)
flourishing period / golden age
convalescence
estrus / the rutting season / on heat
festival season
peak period / rush hour
HSK 7-9
wedding day
expiration date; expiry date
the fruiting season
flood season
recession (in economics)
credit period
wedding day / day of tryst
to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt)
life cycle
to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth
HSK 7-9
ice age
it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)

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