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时空

shíkōng

“Time and place” in Chinese is 时空 (shíkōng).

Meaning

  • time and place
  • world of a particular locale and era
  • (physics) space-time

Example

在空间物理学中,科学家设想通过折叠时空来实现超光速旅行。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 失控 (shīkòng, to go out of control)