For a moment there, I thought he had gone mad.
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一时
Traditional: 一時
yī shí
HSK 3.0 · 6
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yī shí · jat1 si4 (Jyutping)
- a period of time
- a while
- for a short while
- temporary
- momentary
- at the same time
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
We got there at the same time.
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