粵

時si4而ji4

simp时而
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English

  1. occasionally; from time to time

Examples

  • 我时而乐观,时而悲观。

    I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 跨國公司和極富有的人透過利用避稅天堂所提供的服務,時而合法、時而非法地少繳甚至不繳稅。

    Multinationals and extremely rich people manage, sometimes legally, sometimes illegally, to pay little to no taxes by using services offered in fiscal paradises.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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