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之间

zhījiān
nounHSK 4

Meaning

  • (after a noun) between; among; amid
  • (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])

Example

这是我们之间的秘密。

This is secret between you and me.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhīHSK 43 strokes(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])jiānHSK 17 strokesbetween

More HSK 4 words

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Not to be confused with: 只见 (zhǐ jiàn, to see (the same thing) over and over again)