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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

时而 [shí'ér]
  1. 1. adverb sometimes
    电脑时而出故障。
    The computer sometimes plays up.
    他精神失常了,时而大哭,时而大笑。
    He's psychologically unbalanced – one moment he's in floods of tears, the next he's laughing uncontrollably.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

时而 [shí'ér]
  1. 1. from time to time; sometimes
    天上时而飘过几片薄薄的白云。
    Every now and then fleecy clouds floated across the sky.
  2. 2. (used reduplicatively) now...now...; sometimes... sometimes...
    这天气变化无常,时而晴天,时而下雨!
    What changeable weather, fine one moment, raining the next!

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

时而 [shí'ér]
  1. 1. 表示动作或情况不定时地重复发生
    窗外时而传来小贩的吆喝声。
  2. 2. 前后连用,表示不同现象或事情在一定时间内交替发生或不断改变
    他们时而爬上陡坡,时而跨过小溪

Examples

这天气变化无常,时而晴天,时而下雨!
What changeable weather, fine one moment, raining the next! 时而
时而搁笔沉思,时而运笔如飞。
Now he was lost in thought, his pen laid down; now he was wielding the pen with rapid, vigorous strokes. 运笔
他精神失常了,时而大哭,时而大笑。
He's psychologically unbalanced – one moment he's in floods of tears, the next he's laughing uncontrollably. 时而
小姑娘时而顽皮,时而娇痴。 娇痴
时而移步换景,时而驻足观瞻 观瞻
他们时而爬上陡坡,时而跨过小溪 时而
天上时而飘过几片薄薄的白云。
Every now and then fleecy clouds floated across the sky. 时而
电脑时而出故障。
The computer sometimes plays up. 时而
窗外时而传来小贩的吆喝声。 时而
now and again
时而 again

Word Decomposition


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