‘第一名’ literally combines three characters: 第

‘dì sān cì’ literally breaks down as ‘dì’

第一 literally means 'the first' and functions as

百分之百 literally means 'hundred parts of a hundr

百分比 literally means 'hundred-part ratio' — 百

'白天' literally combines 'bái' (white) and 'tiā

比例 (bǐ lì) means 'ratio' or 'proportion' — th

每星期 means 'every week' and functions as a time-

每晚 (měi wǎn) literally combines 每 (měi), mea

'Shàng cì' literally combines 'shàng' (meaning

'下次' (xià cì) literally combines '下' (xià),

‘次数’ (cì shù) is a noun meaning ‘number of

‘望日’ literally means ‘looking-at-the-moon day

'最多' (zuì duō) literally combines '最' (zuì),

晴天 literally means 'clear sky day' — 晴 (qíng)

‘晚上’ (wǎn shàng) literally combines ‘晚’ (

利息 (lì xī) means 'interest' — specifically th

快要 means 'about to' or 'almost (doing something)

‘往后’ is an adverb meaning 'from now on' or 'in

‘往年’ literally combines ‘往’ (wǎng), meanin

‘早已’ is an adverb meaning 'long ago' or 'alrea

已知 literally means 'already known' — 已 (yǐ) m

已久 is an adverbial phrase meaning 'for a long ti

'已经' (yǐjīng) is an adverb meaning 'already'

左右 literally means 'left and right', but as an a

始于 is a prepositional phrase meaning 'begins at'

‘问号’ (wèn hào) literally means ‘question ma

千年 literally means 'thousand years' and function

共计 is an adverb meaning 'in total' or 'altogethe

介乎 is a formal preposition meaning 'to lie betwe

‘Zhēng shuò’ literally combines ‘zhēng’ (th

‘Zhēng dàn’ literally means ‘the first day of

‘Zhēng yuè’ (正月) literally means ‘the first

'假日' (jià rì) literally combines '假' (jià),

‘日历’ (rì lì) literally means ‘day calendar

从前 (cóngqián) is an adverb meaning 'formerly'

‘两倍’ literally combines ‘两’ (two) and ‘倍

‘两样’ literally combines ‘两’ (liǎng), meani

'两小时' literally combines the numeral '两' (liǎ

以下 (yǐ xià) literally combines 以 (yǐ, 'by' o