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定时

dìng shí
HSK 6

English Meaning

to fix a time; fixed time; timed (of explosive etc)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
她会不定时开关灯
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“She deliberately makes it impossible to tell day from night.”

1. PREVIOUS

很难说

“- [Terry] For how long? - [Young Lyle] It was hard to tell.”

“She'd turn the lights on and off at random hours.”

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但哈利总会告诉我时间和日期

“Harry would tell me what time and day it was,”

《悬案》 · legal_and_police
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始终有颗定时炸弹
HSK 5 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“We cannot pretend everything is fine when there is a major problem waiting to destroy us.”

1. PREVIOUS

这段感情前面

“there will always be”

“a time bomb that can go off at any time”

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随时都会爆炸

“in our relationship.”

《开庭》 · social_and_dating
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每周都定时来打扫 有家人以外的指纹也很正常
HSK 7 00:03
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1. PREVIOUS

但程建民家 雇佣了家政公司的钟点工

“However, Cheng Jianmin employed an hourly cleaner,”

“who came every week to clean. Finding outsider's fingerprints is quite normal.”

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毕竟没发现异常 当时呢 也就没再追下去

“No anomalies after all. So the matter wasn't pursued further.”

《风过留痕》 · legal_and_police
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