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1 that one
2 that thing
3 that (as opposed to this)
4 (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
5 (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
6 (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
7 (euph.) menstruation
8 sex
9 also pr. [nèi ge]

那时

nà shí

1 then
2 at that time
3 in those days

Idioms (2)

说时迟，那时快

shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài

1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
2 before you know it

这山望着那山高

zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo

1 lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position
2 the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Sample Sentences

虽然说两岸因为历史和政治体制的原因，还会出现这样那样不和谐的声音，但总体来说，在马英九上台的这几年中，台湾和大陆保持了较好的和平发展的状态。

suīránshuō liǎngàn yīnwèi lìshǐ hé zhèngzhì tǐzhì de yuányīn ，hái huì chūxiàn zhèyàng nàyàng bùhéxié de shēngyīn ，dàn zǒngtǐ láishuō ，zài Mǎ yīngjǐn shàngtái de zhèjǐnián zhōng ，Táiwān hé dàlù bǎochí le jiào hǎo de hépíng fāzhǎn de zhuàngtài 。

Although, due to reasons relating to history and the political system, dissenting voices can still be heard on both sides of the strait, overall, during the years since Ma Ying-jeou took office, Taiwan and Mainland China have maintained a state of reasonably good peaceful development.

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说的没错，可是如果一个人一开口就是抱怨，习惯性地喜欢向所有人倒苦水，那样就不太好了吧？

shuōde méicuò ，kěshì rúguǒ yī ge rén yī kāikǒu jiùshì bàoyuàn ，xíguànxìng de xǐhuan xiàng suǒyǒurén dào kǔshuǐ ，nàyàng jiù bùtài hǎo le ba ？

You're right, but if someone complains as soon as they open their mouth, and likes to habitually pour out their grievances to everyone, that's not good is it?

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你看看，现在不只有座位了，还开辟了品茶室，不用像你那样做个苦巴巴的书虫了。

nǐ kànkan ，xiànzài bù zhǐ yǒu zuòwèi le ，hái kāipì le pǐnchá Shì ，búyòng xiàng nǐ nàyàng zuò ge Kǔbābā de shūchóng le 。

Look, apart from chairs there is even a cafe. There is no need to be a pathetic bookworm like before.

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我搭高铁回去，现在高铁直达我们家终于不用像之前那样倒车了。

wǒ dā gāotiě huíqu ，xiànzài gāotiě zhídá wǒmen jiā zhōngyú bùyòng xiàng zhīqián nàyàng dǎochē le 。

I’ll take the high speed rail which now goes directly to my home. Finally I don’t have to change transportation like in the past.

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这种尊严同时体现在对公司销售人员的要求上，销售人员必须举止得体、彬彬有礼，正如波尔顿著名的训练员工的备忘录里所说：既不要像收税官那样不苟言笑，也不能像算命先生一样油腔滑调……

zhèzhǒng zūnyán tóngshí tǐxiàn zài duì gōngsī xiāoshòu rényuán de yāoqiú shàng ，xiāoshòu rényuán bìxū jǔzhǐ détǐ 、bīnbīnyǒulǐ ，zhèngrú bōěrdùn zhùmíng de xùnliàn yuángōng de bèiwànglù lǐ suǒshuō ：jì bùyào xiàng shōushuìguān nàyàng bùgǒuyánxiào ，yě bùnéng xiàng suànmìngxiānsheng yīyàng yóuqiānghuádiào ……

This dignity is also reflected in the demands on the company’s sales staff. Each salesperson must behave well and be polite, as Bolton’s famous staff training memo says: “Don’t be as frightful as the tax collector, or as slippery as a fortune-teller."

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首先当然得是霸道男总裁式的啊，因为只有那样的才可以点亮我的那颗玛丽苏少女心。

shǒuxiān dāngrán děi shì bàdào nán zǒngcái shì de ā ，yīnwèi zhǐyǒu nàyàng de cái kěyǐ diǎnliàng wǒ de nà kē Mǎlìsū shàonǚxīn 。

First of all, of course I'd like an overbearing CEO-type because only that kind of man can get my Mary-Sue heart going.

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你知道我特别注重精神层面的匹配，现代人都特肤浅，只看物质看外表。和那样的人话不投机半句多，不聊也罢。

nǐ zhīdào wǒ tèbié zhùzhòng jīngshén céngmiàn de pǐpèi ，xiàndài rén dōu tè fūqiǎn ，zhī kàn wùzhì kàn wàibiǎo 。hé nàyàng de rén huà bù tóujībànjùduō ，bù liáo yě bà 。

You know how much weight I put on finding a soulmate. Nowadays people are so superficial, they only care about material things and appearance. I can never stand talking to someone like that, better to save my breath.

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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。

měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。

There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.

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那样就好啦，多轻松。今年大年二十九，全家在饭店吃了年夜饭。

nàyàng jiù hǎo la ，duō qīngsōng 。jīnnián dànián èrshí jiǔ ，quánjiā zài fàndiàn chī le niányèfàn 。

I wish that were the case! How relaxing that would be. On this year's Lunar New Year's Eve, our whole family went to a restaurant to eat New Year's dinner.

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是啊是啊，我叫李元，李是小李飞刀的李，元是金元宝的元，名字不错，长相不像小李那样潇洒，家里也没有什么金元宝，肚子倒是挺圆的...

shì a shì a ，wǒ jiào Lǐ yuán ，Lǐ shì Xiǎo Lǐ fēidāo de Lǐ ，yuán shì jīnyuánbǎo de yuán ，míngzi bùcuò ，zhǎngxiàng bù xiàng Xiǎo Lǐ nàyàng xiāosǎ ，jiālǐ yě méiyǒu shénme jīnyuánbǎo ，dùzi dàoshì tǐng yuán de ...

Yes, indeed, I'm called Li Yuan, the "Li" from the novel Xiaoli Feidao, the "Yuan" from the word for gold ingot (Jinyuanbao), not a bad name, but I'm not as confident or at ease as Xiaoli, and I don't have any gold ingots at home, although I've got a very full stomach...

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