'至少' (zhì shǎo) literally combines '至' (meani

'Zhì jīn' literally combines 'zhì' (to reach, u

‘纪元’ (jì yuán) literally combines ‘纪’ (j

年纪 (niánjì) literally combines 年 (nián, 'yea

‘字符’ (zì fú) literally means ‘character sym

章节 (zhāng jié) is a compound noun meaning 'cha

竟日 (jìng rì) is an elegant, literary adverb me

‘无穷’ literally means 'without end' — ‘无’ (

稍后 (shāo hòu) is an adverb meaning 'a little l

Rì chéng literally combines rì (‘day’ or ‘su

进程 (jìn chéng) literally combines 进 (jìn, 't

毫秒 (háo miǎo) is a unit of time equal to one-t

每秒 (měi miǎo) literally means 'each second' an

'秒懂' is a colloquial, internet-born verb meaning

‘秒杀’ (miǎo shā) literally means 'to kill in

秒表 (miǎo biǎo) literally means 'second-meter'

秒钟 (miǎo zhōng) literally combines 秒 (miǎo),

A jiàoyàn mǎ (checksum) is a small piece of dat

‘破晓’ literally means ‘to break through dawn’

省时 (shěng shí) is a verb meaning 'to save time

毕世 (bì shì) is a formal literary term meaning

‘争分夺秒’ literally means ‘to contend for minu

无限 (wú xiàn) literally means 'without limit'

漫长 (màncháng) is an adjective meaning 'long'—

演算 means 'computation'—the process of performin

Shālòu (hourglass) is a traditional timekeeping

'永远' (yǒngyuǎn) literally combines '永' (yǒng

此间 literally means 'this place' or 'this time',

此时 literally means 'this time' — 此 (cǐ) means

概率 (gài lǜ) is a noun meaning 'probability' —

大概 (dà gài) is an adverb meaning 'roughly', 'a

暂时 (zàn shí) is an adverb meaning 'temporarily

‘Dàshǔ’ (Major Heat) is the twelfth of China’

Xiǎo Shǔ (Minor Heat) is the eleventh of China’

暑假 (shǔ jià) literally means 'heat vacation'

‘既而’ is a classical Chinese adverb meaning ‘s

A guà lì (wall calendar) is a type of calendar d

按期 means 'on schedule' or 'according to the sche

‘指针’ (zhǐzhēn) literally combines ‘指’ (zh

‘拜年’ (bàinián) literally means ‘to pay resp