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  • [liǎngcì]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

两次 [liǎngcì]
  1. 1. twice

Examples

值班护士每夜查两次房。
Nurses on duty make two rounds of the wards during the night. 查房
每周出两次
have two workouts every week 出操
他出过两次国。
He has been abroad twice. 出国
他腿上挂过两次花。
He was twice wounded in the leg. 挂花
两次会议间隔才二十天。
There was an interval of only twenty days between the two conferences. 间隔
她结过两次婚了。
She's been married twice. 结婚
他今天来过两次
He came twice today.
我找他两次,偏巧都不在家。
I called at his house twice, but he happened to be out each time. 偏巧
两次世界大战都是德国军国主义者首先启衅的。
Both of the World Wars were instigated by a militarist Germany. 启衅
我曾两次败在她手下。
I have been defeated by her twice. 手下

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nciku Note

A conveyor of frequency

A conveyor of frequency, which denotes the number of times an action takes place, is formed by placing after a verb a numeral and a measure word for action.
e.g. (1)我去过一次。 (2)他问过两次,都没有得到答案。

“一下儿” as a conveyor of frequency and denotes not only the frequency of an action, but also the shortness in the duration of that action. Moreover, it usually carries a casual undertone.

e.g. (1)给你看一下儿。 (2)他让你过去一下儿。

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