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Change log entry 77157
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2023-01-24 20:29:25 UTC)
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1) /(after a noun) between; among; amid/

家庭與機構之間
Between families and institutions

每天都得騎上三、四十公里往來家裡、學校和車行之間,
Each day they ride 30-40 kilometers between their homes, school and the bike shop.

鬧鬧熱熱之間,
Amid the festivities,

凡矯正後的優眼視力在○•二到○•○一之間,是所謂的「弱視」;
Those with corrected vision in the 0.2 to 0.01 range are said to have "weak" vision.

客層多在25歲到35歲之間,
the majority of whom are between the ages of 25 and 35,


2) /(used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time .../

一時之間新中國社會主義浪潮席捲東南亞,
A wave of "New China Socialism" swept across Southeast Asia for a time

去年幾百顆鳳梨一夜之間全黃,
the temperature in the plantation rockets, causing the pineapples to yellow quickly.

俯仰之間 /in a flash/
瞬息之間 /in the wink of an eye/in a flash/
一夜之間 /(lit. and fig.) overnight/
Diff:
- 之間 之间 [zhi1 jian1] /between/among/inter-/
+ 之間 之间 [zhi1 jian1] /(after a noun) between; among; amid/(used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])/
By MDBG 2025
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