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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.a little while
失陪一会儿,我有点事。
Please excuse me for a little while because I want to do something else.
我想打扰你们一会儿。
I'd like to interrupt you for a moment.
老师离开了一会儿。
The teacher left for a moment.
- 2
adv.in a while; in a moment; presently; soon
我妈妈一会儿就回来了。
My mother will come back soon.
大伙儿自发地开始拍手叫好,一会儿平台上就响彻了掌声。
Spontaneously they began to clap and presently the platform was loud with applause.
他一会儿就把题做完了。
He finished the problem in a short time.
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- 3
adv.(reduplicated before a pair of antonyms to indicate alternation) now...now/then...; one moment...the next...
她一会儿出,一会儿进,一直在忙。
She is busy all the time, going out one moment and coming in the next.