历时 (歷時)
lì shí
Pinyin

Definition

历时 (歷時)
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lì shí
  1. to last
  2. to take (time)
  3. period
  4. diachronic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

同时
tóng shí
  1. 1 at the same time
  2. 2 simultaneously
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
时
Shí
  1. 1 surname Shi
时代
Shí dài
  1. 1 Time, US weekly news magazine
时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period

Idioms (20)

不识时务
bù shí shí wù
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)

Sample Sentences

然后又历时九天九夜，用五色石将天补好。
ránhòu yòu lìshí jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè ，yòng wǔsèshí jiāng tiān bǔ hǎo 。
She then spent another nine days and nine nights using the stones to patch up the sky.
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她找到了许多五颜六色的石头，把它们放在熔炉里熔化，历时九天九夜，最终炼成了36501块五色石。
tā zhǎodào le xǔduō wǔyánliùsè de shítou ，bǎ tāmen fàng zài rónglú lǐ rónghuà ，lìshí jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè ，zuìzhōng liàn chéng le sānwànliùqiānwǔbǎilíngyī kuài wǔsèshí 。
She found many multicolored stones, placed them all in a furnace and smelted them for nine days and nine nights. In the end she smelted 36,501 of the multicolored rocks.
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