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短时间
Traditional Chinese
短時間
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
duǎn shí jiān
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
dyun2 si4 gaan1
Short definition short term
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions short termAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: short term
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: sameldc
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: short term; short time
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
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短时间(duǎn shí jiān) short term
(nèi) within
掌握(zhǎng wò) fluency
英语(yīng yǔ) English
(shì) is
(hěn) quite
重要的( zhòng yào de) basilic

It is very important to master English in short time.

(wǒ) I
和我( hé)
别的(bié de) other
同事(tóng shì) co-worker
(zuò) to do
同样的( tóng yàng de) co
事情(shì qing) thing
但是(dàn shì) but
得到了(dé dào le) to obtain
能在( néng zài)
(hěn) quite
短时间(duǎn shí jiān) short term
(nèi) within
得到(dé dào) to get
晋升(jìn shēng) to promote to a higher position
(dedì) of
承诺(chéng nuò) effort

My colleague and I do the same job, but she was promised a promotion very soon.

不可能(bù kě néng) not able
短时间(duǎn shí jiān) short term
(nèi) within
学会(xué huì) to learn
英语(yīng yǔ) English

It is impossible to master English in a short time.

(zài) (located) at
(sī) to think of
想的(xiǎngde)
领域(lǐng yù) sector
(zhōngzhòng) among
荒诞(huāng dàn) fantastic
(hé) with
堕落(duò luò) corrupt
仍然(réng rán) still
主宰(zhǔ zǎi) master
(zhù zhùzhuó) book
世界(shì jiè) world
它们的( tā men de)
操控(cāo kòng) to control
只是(zhǐ shì) merely to be
短时间(duǎn shí jiān) short term
(dìde) -ly
(bèi) quilt
暂停(zàn tíng) stoppage

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

这个(zhè gè) this one
案件(àn jiàn) legal case
可能(kě néng) maybe
不会在(búhuìzài)
短时间(duǎn shí jiān) short term
(nèi) within
(jiù) only
解决(jiě jué) to dispatch

This case might not get resolved for a while.

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