"Twice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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两次 liǎng cì twice
二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
两下 liǎng xià twice / for a little while
兼 jiān double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
两倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount
二代 èr dài secondary / twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine
手软 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently
二重 èr chóng double / repeated twice
再拜 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result
半月刊 bàn yuè kān fortnightly / twice a month
布托 Bù tuō Bhutto (name) / Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president of Pakistan 1971-1979 executed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq / Benazzir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice president of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996
醾 mí unfiltered wine / wine brewed twice
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳 yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom) / once bitten twice shy
几次三番 jǐ cì sān fān lit. twice then three times (idiom) / fig. repeatedly / over and over again
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
二产妇 èr chǎn fù lady who has given birth twice
前车之覆，后车之鉴 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
后车之鉴 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
上一次当，学一次乖 shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom) / once bitten, twice shy
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