时不时 (時不時)
shí bù shí
Pinyin

Definition

时不时 (時不時)
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shí bù shí
  1. from time to time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

真诡异。我时不时就会有这种感觉，有时候觉得梦到过，有时候觉得在现实中发生过。难道是时空错乱？
zhēn guǐyì 。wǒ shíbùshí jiù huì yǒu zhè zhǒng gǎnjué ，yǒushíhou juéde mèng dào guò ，yǒushíhou juéde zài xiànshí zhōng fāshēng guò 。nándào shì shíkōng cuòluàn ？
Really bizarre. I have this type of feeling from time to time. Sometimes I think I've dreamed it, sometimes I think it really happened in real life. It couldn't be some kind of confusion in space and time, could it?
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时不时说一些甜言蜜语，像是“我愿意天天为你煮饭、天天接你上下班，你知道吗？就算大雨让整座城市颠倒，我会给你怀抱”。
shíbùshí shuō yīxiē tiányánmìyǔ ，xiàng shì “wǒ yuànyì tiāntiān wèi nǐ zhǔ fàn 、tiāntiān jiē nǐ shàngxiàbān ，nǐ zhīdào ma ？jiùsuàn dàyǔ ràng zhěng zuò chéngshì diān dào ，wǒ huì gěi nǐ huái bào ”。
You should whisper sweet nothings to her every so often. Things like "I'd cook for you everyday, I'll take you to and from work everyday, you know that i'd do that for you. Even if the rain turned the whole city upside down, I'll be there to hold you in my arms".
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是啊。不过多看一些这类亲子节目，确实可以得到很多启发，时不时反思一下自己。
shì a 。bùguò duō kàn yīxiē zhèlèi qīnzǐ jiémù ，quèshí kěyǐ dédào hěnduō qǐfā ，shíbùshí fǎnsī yīxià zìjǐ 。
Yeah. But when I often watch these kind of parent-child programs I really do get a lot of inspiration and from time to time reassess myself.
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