"Twice" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 liǎng cì twice
 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
 liǎng xià twice / for a little while
 jiān double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount
 èr dài secondary / twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
 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
 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently
 èr chóng double / repeated twice
 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result
 bàn yuè kān fortnightly / twice a month
 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
 mí unfiltered wine / wine brewed twice
 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
 jǐ cì sān fān lit. twice then three times (idiom) / fig. repeatedly / over and over again
 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)
 èr chǎn fù lady who has given birth twice
 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
 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
 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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