exactly right time; perfectly timed
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
exactly at the right time; perfectly timed; suitable (season)
Commonly used in agricultural contexts to indicate optimal timing for planting or harvesting. Often appears as a predicate after the verb.
Bái白
lù露
zǎo早
，
Hán寒
lù露
chí迟
，
Qiū秋
fēn分
zhòng种
mài麦
zhèng正
dāng当
。
White Dew is too early, Cold Dew is too late; the Autumn Equinox is exactly the right time to plant wheat.
Xiàn现
zài在
zhèng正
dāng当
chūn春
gēng耕
shí时
jié节
，
nóng农
mín民
men们
dōu都
hěn很
máng忙
lù碌
。
It is now exactly the right season for spring plowing, and the farmers are all very busy.
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Gǔ谷
yǔ雨
qián前
hòu后
，
zhèng正
dāng当
chā插
yāng秧
。
Around Grain Rain is exactly the right time for rice transplanting.