dìng shí shè yǐngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
time-lapse photography
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Original source entry:

定時攝影 定时摄影 [ding4 shi2 she4 ying3] /time-lapse photography/

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Other forms in these source records: 定時攝影

  • 定
    dìng

    to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely

  • 时
    shí

    (bound form) time / hour / period / season / (after a numeral) o'clock / hour(s) / (after a verb phrase or clause) when / while

    Shí

    surname Shi

  • 摄
    shè

    (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for

  • 影
    yǐng

    picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

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