the time · the right time · weather conditions · destiny · course of time · heaven's natural order

tiān shí

t+iān·1st tonesh+í·2nd tone

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I find it difficult to do all this work in a day.

我觉得很难用一天时间做完所有这些工作。

It took me three days to read through this book.

它花了我三天时间去阅读这本书。

I'll need at least three days to translate that thesis.

要翻译那篇论文，我最少需要三天时间。

Give me five days.

给我五天时间。

It is hard to see the sights of Tokyo in a few days.

要看东京的景物只花几天时间是很难的。

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