期限
qī xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

期限
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qī xiàn
  1. time limit
  2. deadline
  3. allotted time

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

假期
jià qī
  1. 1 vacation
学期
xué qī
  1. 1 term
  2. 2 semester
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
星期
xīng qī
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 day of the week
  4. 4 Sunday
期
qī
  1. 1 variant: 期 qī
  2. 2 period
  3. 3 cycle
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation

Idioms (7)

大限临头
dà xiàn lín tóu
  1. 1 facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life
  2. 2 with one foot in the grave
后会有期
hòu huì yǒu qī
  1. 1 I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
  2. 2 Hope to see you again.
户限为穿
hù xiàn wèi chuān
  1. 1 an endless stream of visitors (idiom)
期期艾艾
qī qī ài ài
  1. 1 stammering (idiom)
画地自限
huà dì zì xiàn
  1. 1 lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to impose restrictions on oneself

Sample Sentences

独立核算。我们再往下看，联合出资方式、数额和投资期限。
dúlì hésuàn 。wǒmen zài wǎng xià kàn ，liánhé chūzī fāngshì 、shùé hé tóuzī qīxiàn 。
Independent accounting. Let's keep looking. Here are the methods, amount and time limits for investment in the joint venture.
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我现在拿的是旅游签证，期限是九十天。就要到期了。
wǒ xiànzài ná de shì lǚyóu qiānzhèng ，qīxiàn shì jiǔshí tiān 。jiùyào dàoqī le 。
The one I have now is a 90 day tourist visa. It's about to expire.
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这些都是法定的期限。如果我们代理的话，可以缩短时间。
zhèxiē dōushì fǎdìng de qīxiàn 。rúguǒ wǒmen dàilǐ dehuà ，kěyǐ suōduǎn shíjiān 。
All of these time periods are required by law. If we act as a proxy for you, we can cut down the time.
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被你说得好像跟高利贷借钱一样。我不也是为我们俩着想吗？你老说想去欧洲旅行，有了信用卡，我们今年就能去。一般银行都有二十多天的还款期限，不收利息的。
bèi nǐ shuō de hǎoxiàng gēn gāolìdài jièqián yīyàng 。wǒ bù yě shì wèi wǒmen liǎ zhuóxiǎng ma ？nǐ lǎo shuō xiǎng qù Ōuzhōu lǚxíng ，yǒu le xìnyòngkǎ ，wǒmen jīnnián jiù néng qù 。yībān yínháng dōu yǒu èrshí duō tiān de huánkuǎn qīxiàn ，bù shōu lìxī de 。
You make it sound like loansharking. Aren't I just thinking of the two of us? You're always saying you'd like to go traveling in Europe. If we get a credit card, we can go this year. Banks generally give you twenty-some days to pay back the money without charging you interest.
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超过期限是要罚款的。所以你要记得及时归还。另外，如果书遗失的话，你要按图书原价的五倍进行赔偿。书损坏也是要赔偿的。
chāoguò qīxiàn shì yào fákuǎn de 。suǒyǐ nǐ yào jìde jíshí guīhuán 。lìngwài ，rúguǒ shū yíshī dehuà ，nǐ yào àn túshū yuánjià de wǔ bèi jìnxíng péicháng 。shū sǔnhuài yě shì yào péicháng de 。
There is a fine when you exceed the return date. So you must remember to return them in a timely fashion. In addition, if you lose a book, you must pay five times the original price as compensation. Damaged books also require a fee.
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我们今天来谈谈你的合同。合同期限是一年。
wǒmen jīntiān lái tántan nǐ de hétong 。hétong qīxiàn shì yī nián 。
Today we are going talk about your contract. The term of the contract is for one year.
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