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  • [dàngshí]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

当时 [dàngshí]
  1. 1. noun
    当时就在合同上签了字。
    He signed the contract there and then.
    接到他的短信,我当时就给他回了电话。
    I called him back as soon as I received his text.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

当时 [dàngshí]
  1. 1. adverb right away; at once; immediately
    他一接到电报,当时就赶回去了。
    He hurried back the moment he received the telegram.
    她一听到这消息当时就晕倒了。
    She fainted on hearing the news.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

当时 [dàngshí]
  1. 1. (就在)那个时候
    听到噩耗,他当时就昏了过去
  2. 2. 跟"当时(dānɡshí)"不同。

Examples

当时我并不知道。
I didn't know then.
她一听到这消息当时就晕倒了。
She fainted on hearing the news.
他的人物画在当时可谓登峰造极。
His painting of people attained a level never known before.
当时的情景非言语所能形容。
The occasion defies description.
当时我流血过多,觉得昏天黑地的。
I blacked out through loss of blood.
当时军阀混战,盗贼横行,真是昏天黑地。
Ridden with warlordism and banditry, the country was then in a dark, troubled period of its history.
这是当时流行的论调。
This argument was prevalent at the time.
当时手头紧,没法子,只好卖书。
I was hard up then, and had to sell off my books.
当时的情景令人难忘。
It was so impressive that it always remained fresh in my memory.

Word Decomposition


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[shí]

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