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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.
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Original source entry:
時不再來 时不再来 [shi2 bu4 zai4 lai2] /Time that has passed will never come back. (idiom)/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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Other forms in these source records: 時不再來
again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[] or 都[] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[], 再就是[] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[], or after 不[] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[])
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