不时(bù shí): from time to time
from time to time
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 不时 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
她不时停卡来休息。
tā bù shí tíng kǎ lái xiū xi
From time to time she would stop for a rest.
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