dú​miǎo

to count seconds

  • created sense approved 读秒/讀秒 · dú​miǎo · to count seconds — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    dú​miǎo

    to count seconds

    To read out the elapsed or remaining seconds in a competition, such as to remind a chess or Go player of their time or to count out a downed boxer.

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    读 (literal) → 读/讀 · dú · to read 秒 (literal) → 秒 · miǎo · second

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  • created sense approved 读秒/讀秒 · dú​miǎo · countdown — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    dú​miǎo

    countdown

    To read out the final seconds of a countdown before a significant event, such as a rocket launch; by extension, reaching the final critical stage of a process.

    读, 秒

    读 (literal) → 读/讀 · dú · to read 秒 (literal) → 秒 · miǎo · second

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense