几天 (幾天)
jǐ tiān
Pinyin

Definition

几天 (幾天)
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jǐ tiān
  1. several days

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

事实上，前几天才报道了有人在高铁上“霸座”，被行政拘留的事情呢。
shìshí shàng ，qián jǐtiān cái bàodào le yǒurén zài gāotiě shàng “bàzuò ”，bèi xíngzhèng jūliú de shìqing ne 。
In fact a few days ago there was a report of a passenger on the high speed rail who took a seat illegally and was retained by administrative officers.
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嗯，别担心，有时候不努力一下，你都不知道什么叫绝望，好吧，据不完全统计，你每个月总有那么几天情绪大大地失控。应该正在周期内吧？
ng4 ，bié dānxīn ，yǒushíhou bù nǔlì yīxià ，nǐ dōu bù zhīdào shénme jiào juéwàng ，hǎoba ，jù bù wánquán tǒngjì ，nǐ měi ge yuè zǒng yǒu nàme jǐtiān qíngxù dàdà de shīkòng 。yīnggāi zhèngzài zhōuqī nèi ba ？
Yeah, don't worry. If you don't ever try, you won't know what despair is. OK, according to incomplete data, you always have those few days a month in which you lose control of your emotions big time. You must be on your period, no?
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你怎么了？这几天总是面有菜色的样子？谁得罪你了？
nǐ zěnmele ？zhè jǐ tiān zǒngshì miàn yǒu càisè de yàngzi ？shéi dézuì nǐ le ？
What's wrong with you? You've been looking a little off-color over the last few days, no? Who has done you wrong?
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没…没有啊！只是我老公平常也不爱看古装剧，这几天却开始整天朕来朕去地称呼自己，欸！他不会也带哪个野女人上那家宾馆了吧！
méi …méiyǒu ā ！zhǐshì wǒ lǎogōng píngcháng yě bù ài kàn gǔzhuāng jù ，zhè jǐ tiān què kāishǐ zhěngtiān zhèn lái zhèn qù de chēnghu zìjǐ ，éi ！tā bù huì yě dài nǎge yě nǚrén shàng nà jiā bīnguǎn le ba ！
No...not at all! It's just that my husband ins't usually in period dramas, but recently all he's been doing his referring to himself as the emperor. Huh, don't tell me he's brought some hussy to that hotel too!
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这...你怎么突然想到离婚的事呀？我...我这几天之所以晚回家是因为工作忙，马桶...我等会儿就去刷...
zhè ...nǐ zěnme tūrán xiǎngdào líhūn de shì ya ？wǒ ...wǒ zhè jǐtiān zhī suǒyǐ wǎn huíjiā shì yīnwèi gōngzuò máng ，mǎtǒng ...wǒ děnghuǐr jiù qù shuā ...
Eh... What made you suddenly think of divorce? I... the reason I've been late home from work over the last couple of days is because I've been busy and I'll go and clean the toilet in a bit...
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开年啦，怎么样？你们公司过年放了几天假？
kāi nián la ，zěnmeyàng ？nǐmen gōngsī guònián fàng le jǐtiān jià ？
The start of the new year, what do you think? How many days did your company give you for the Chinese New Year holiday?
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老实说，我前几���知道红发艾德要在日本开演唱会，我想去看嘛。
lǎoshi shuō ，wǒ qiánjǐtiān zhīdào hóngfǎ Àidé yào zài Rìběn kāi yǎnchànghuì ，wǒ xiǎng qù kàn ma 。
To be honest, a few days ago I found out Ed Sheeran is holding a concert in Japan, so I want to go see him.
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这几天忙着搬家的事，没时间整理。
zhè jǐ tiān máng zhe bānjiā de shì ，méishíjiān zhěnglǐ 。
I was so busy with moving house over the last few days, so I haven't had time to tidy it up.
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前几天（或是指出吵架的时间）是我不对。
qiánjǐtiān （huòshì zhǐchū chǎojià de shíjiān ）shì wǒ bù duì 。
That thing a couple of days back (or point out the time it happened), it was my bad.
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