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HSK
vacation
HSK 2
week / CL: 個|个 / day of the week / Sunday
HSK 1
date / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to look forward to / to await / expectation
HSK 4
at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
HSK 3
to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer
HSK 4
Sunday
HSK 1
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
term / semester / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
short term / short-term
HSK 3
interim / midterm
HSK 4
Sunday
HSK 1
early period; early phase; early stage
HSK 5
to have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope
HSK 5
the end of a term or semester (in school)
HSK 4
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a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
HSK 3
time limit / deadline / allotted time
HSK 4
near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent
HSK 3
initial stage / beginning period
HSK 5
preceding period / early stage
HSK 7-9
(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)
HSK 5
period of time / time / time period / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)
HSK 3
to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc)
HSK 6
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous
HSK 6
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
period / cycle
HSK 5
term of office / CL: 屆|届 / tenure (entire period in office)
HSK 7-9
to expect / to anticipate
HSK 5
the current period / this term (usually in finance)
HSK 6
period / phase / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
Monday
puberty / adolescence
HSK 7-9
previous period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表, periodic table of the elements
oedipal phase (psychology)
golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity
shelf life / expiration date
HSK 7-9
(banking) current (account) / checking (account) / demand (deposit etc)
HSK 7-9
to have a promising future / to have bright prospects
last week
fixed deposit / time deposit / certificate of deposit (banking)
next week
last week / previous week
to fail to come out on time / to miss a deadline
to arrive unexpectably / unexpected
final exam
Thursday
period of validity / sell-by date
HSK 7-9
to expect; to await
HSK 7-9
meet by chance / have a chance encounter
Friday
public holiday
one year period (in a contract or budget)
for a long time
HSK 7-9
lock-up period (on stock options)
which day of the week
trying times; painful phase
flood season
date of birth
breastfeeding period / lactation period / suckling period
mid-term exam
this week
departure date
unexpectedly / to one's surprise
product approaching its expiry date (Tw)
historical period
to be overdue / to exceed the time limit / to expire (as in expiration date)
HSK 7-9
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
infancy
term of office / while holding a post
shelf life / freshness date
cooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)
due date; expiry date; maturity date
fixed deposit (banking)
Saturday
predictive inference
current account (in bank)
incubation period (of disease)
non-scheduled / irregularly
guarantee period / warranty period
expectations / (math) expected value
later period / end stage / terminal
HSK 7-9
incubation period / time for sth to develop
project duration; construction period
menstrual period
(physics) half-life
time of birth / period of labor / lying-in
pregnancy; gestation
(literary) to hope for; to wish
perinatal period
deadline / final time limit (for project)
limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations
glacial epoch; ice age
prison term
to hedge (one's bets) / to defend against risk
far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
long-term coexistence

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