lì shí
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  • 1

    v.take (a period of time); last (a period of time)

    • zhè yī zhàn yì lì shí tiān

      战役历时65

      The battle lasted 65 days.

    • shǒu shù lì shí sì gè xiǎo shí

      手术历时小时

      The operation took four hours.

    • lì shí shí sì nián de kàng rì zhàn zhēng

      历时十四抗日战争

      fourteen-year-long War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

  • 2

    n.diachronicity

    • tā fā míng le lì shí

      发明历时

      He invented diachronicity.