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半小时 (半小時)
  • [bànxiǎoshí]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

半小时 [bànxiǎoshí]
  1. 1. noun half-hour

Examples

半小时
half an hour
留下半小时答疑
set aside half an hour for questions and answers (or for answering questions)
每天锻炼半小时
take half an hour's exercise every day
我等了有半小时模样。
I waited for about half an hour.
线路正在抢修,半小时后恢复供电。
The line is being rush-repaired and the power supply will return to normal in half an hour.
整整半小时
a whole half hour
她终于到了,晚了将近半小时
At long last she arrived, about half an hour late.
离出发还有半小时
会议晚开了半小时
坐车只要半小时就到。

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