多时 (duō shí) — a long time (formal/literary usage)

Definition

Examples

• 多时不见，你还好吗？
  duō shí Bú jiàn, nǐ hái hǎo ma?
  Long time no see — have you been well?
• 他等了多时，她才来。
  Tā děng le duō shí, tā cái lái.
  He waited a long time before she came.
• 这个问题讨论过多时，还是没有结果。
  Zhè ge wèn tí tǎo lùn guò duō shí, hái shì méi yǒu jié guǒ.
  This issue was discussed for a long time and still has no result.