数十 (shù shí) is a numeral phrase meaning 'doze

十月 literally means 'ten month' and is the standa

‘十几’ is a Chinese numeral expression meaning '

‘十岁’ literally means ‘ten years’ and is used

学期 (xué qī) literally combines 学 (xué), mean

多数 (duō shù) literally combines 多 (duō, 'man

‘多少’ (duō shǎo) is a pronoun meaning ‘how m

‘事后’ literally combines 事 (shì, 'matter' or

Later (hòulái) is an adverb meaning 'afterwards'

以后 (yǐhòu) literally combines 以 (yǐ, 'by' or

过年 (guò nián) literally means 'to pass the yea

'Three years' is a compound numeral-noun phrase fo

每年 (měi nián) means 'every year' and functions

‘明年’ literally combines ‘明’ (míng), meanin

'去年' (qù nián) literally combines '去' (qù),

今年 literally means 'this year' and is composed o

分数 (fēn shù) is a noun meaning either 'score'

‘分钟’ (fēn zhōng) is the standard Chinese wor

'生日' literally combines '生' (shēng), meaning '

'Jiāng lái' literally combines 'jiāng' (about t

'有时' (yǒu shí) is an adverb meaning 'sometimes

时代 (shí dài) means 'era' or 'age'—a long, his

按时 literally means 'according to time' — 按 (à

时候 (shí hou) is a versatile noun meaning 'when'

时间 (shí jiān) is a fundamental noun meaning 't

小时 means 'hour' — a unit of time equal to 60 mi

‘他日’ literally combines ‘he/other’ (他) and

‘国庆’ literally means ‘nation celebration’ —

上午 literally means 'upper (shàng) noon (wǔ)' a

'这次' (zhè cì) literally combines '这' (zhè),

'在即' is a formal, literary adjective meaning 'im

一半 (yí bàn) literally means 'one half' — comb

‘一天’ literally combines the numeral ‘一’ (y

Born as a bronze-age carving gesture, 刊 still car

This character began as 'a person made immovably s

This character’s right side evolved from 'cowrie

Though it means 'beautiful,' 佳 never describes fa

This character’s 16 strokes encode a 2,300-year-o

Originally a bronze-age image of a foot stepping o

Originally a bronze-age image of striding to seize