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三天
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

三天 [sāntiān]
  1. 1. noun three days

Examples

吃这个方子,包管你三天痊愈。
If you take this prescription, you are sure to fully recover within three days. 包管
三天病假
grant three days' sick leave 病假
这点给养充其量只够维持三天
The provisions can last three days at most. 充其量
她已经三天没出勤了。
She's been absent from work for three days. 出勤
他出世才三天,他妈妈就去世了。
His mother died three days after he was born. 出世
三天的急行军中,没有一个掉队的。
No one dropped out in the three days' forced march. 掉队
他们一发狠,三天的任务一天就完成了。
With a determined effort, they finished the three-day task in a single day. 发狠
这孩子三天两头犯病。
This child gets ill too often. 犯病
三天工夫就学会了滑冰。
It took him only three days to learn to skate. 工夫
会期定为三天
The meeting is scheduled to last three days. 会期

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