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Jyutping dak1 si4
Pinyin dé shí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, archaic
    to be lucky; to have good timing; to come at an appropriate time
    (syn.) 着时, 著時
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他总觉得时间不够用,却不知道时间都用在了哪里。
    他總覺得時間不夠用,卻不知道時間都用在了哪裏。
    tā zǒng jué de shí jiān bù gòu yòng , què bù zhī dào shí jiān dōu yòng zài le nǎ lǐ 。
    • He always feels he doesn't have enough time, but he doesn't have any idea where his time goes.
  2. Mandarin
    总是觉得时间不够用。
    總是覺得時間不夠用。
    zǒng shì jué de shí jiān bù gòu yòng 。
    • I always feel that there isn't enough time.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    相遇一刻,我觉得时间静止咗。
    相遇一刻,我覺得時間靜止咗。
    soeng1 jyu6 jat1 hak1, ngo5 gok3 dak1 si4 gaan3 zing6 zi2 zo2.
    • The moment we met, I felt like time was frozen.
  2. Cantonese
    我只表时得时唔得。
    我隻錶時得時唔得。
    ngo5 zek3 biu1 si4 dak1 si4 m4 dak1.
    • My watch is only working occasionally.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我们仍然有很大的力量同日本作战,而日本在整个战争中须得时时在其后方作防御战。
    我們仍然有很大的力量同日本作戰,而日本在整個戰爭中須得時時在其後方作防禦戰。
    wǒ men réng rán yǒu hěn dà de lì liàng tóng rì běn zuò zhàn , ér rì běn zài zhěng gè zhàn zhēng zhōng xū děi shí shí zài qí hòu fāng zuò fáng yù zhàn .
    • We would still have ample strength to fight against Japan, while the Japanese would have to fight defensive battles in their rear throughout the war.