倒 计 时

dào jì shídictionary entry

to count down / countdown

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Original source entry:

倒計時倒计时 [dao4 ji4 shi2] /to count down/countdown/

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Other forms in these source records: 倒計時

倒
dǎo
to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
dào
to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet
计
jì
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
Jì
surname Ji
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

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