不时

bùshí

from time to time

adverbnounHSK 3.0 word list · Band 6trad. 不時
Dictionary entry

from time to time; now and then; occasionally

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窗外不时传来鸟叫声。

Chuāng wài bùshí chuán lái niǎo jiào shēng.

English

From time to time, the calls of birds come through the window.

他走路不时回头看一看。

Tā zǒulù bùshí huítóu kàn yí kàn.

English

He keeps turning back to look now and then as he walks.

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