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shí jī
n. opportunity, opportune moment
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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xiàn zài zhèng shì wǒ men chèn jī fǎn gōng de dà hǎo shí jī .
phr. Now is a wonderful time for us to counter-attack.
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shí jī hái bù chéng shú, wǒ men xū yào zài déng děng .
phr. The time is not yet ripe and we need to wait for a while.
bù shī shí jī
v. seize the opportune moment, lose no time
shí jī bù chéng shú
phr. the time is not ripe (for the situation), it's not the right moment (yet)
qià dàng de shí jī
nphr. the right moment or time
yán wù shí jī
phr. to miss an opportunity due to a delay
bǎ wò shí jī
phr. to grasp the opportune moment