时节 (shí jié) — season; (appropriate) time; period
Definition
时节 means 'season' (natural time of year) or 'the right time' for something — closer to seasonal timing than the neutral duration words 期间 and 时期, and less poetic/literary than 岁月.
noun
season(appropriate) timeperiod
Examples
- 时节。Xiàn zài shì shǎng huā de shí jié.Now is the season for flower viewing.
- 时节。Chūn tiān shì bō zhòng de shí jié.Spring is the season for planting.
- 时节，。Dào le zhè ge shí jié, dà jiā jiù kāi shǐ zhǔn bèi guò nián le.When this time comes, everyone starts preparing for the New Year.
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