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随时 suí shí at any time; at all times / at the right time; whenever necessary
从来 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence)
bèi (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
武术 shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3]
平时 píng shí ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime
多次 duō many times / repeatedly
人次 rén person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating
古代 dài ancient times
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
古人 rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
现代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era
ái to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
与时俱进 shí jìn abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
中国时报 Zhōng guó Shí bào China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
古往今来 wǎng jīn lái since ancient times / since times immemorial
制服 zhì to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]
臣僚 chén liáo court official (in former times)
不识时变 shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
几倍 bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc
次数 shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
旧制 jiù zhì old system / weights and measures of former times
罗雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
gāi a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
三军 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
苦力 bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times


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