created sense approved 曾几何时/曾幾何時 · céngjǐhéshí · not long ago — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
曾几何时 / 曾幾何時
céngjǐhéshí
not long ago
it was only a short while ago; just a while before; used to describe a situation that was recently true, often with a sense of nostalgia or surprise
曾 (literal) → 曾 · céng · once 几何 (literal) → 几何/幾何 · jǐhé · how many 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · time
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created sense approved 曾几何时/曾幾何時 · céngjǐhéshí · before long — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
曾几何时 / 曾幾何時
céngjǐhéshí
before long
in a very short time; before long; after only a short while
曾 (literal) → 曾 · céng · once 几何 (literal) → 几何/幾何 · jǐhé · how many 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · time
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition