- 1. day; date
 - ♦ 这个~好不容易盼到了。 The day we have been looking forward to has come at long last.
 - ♦ 定一个~ fix a date
 - ♦ 街上怎么这么多人, 今天是什么~? Why are there so many people in the streets? What's the occasion?
 - 2. time
 - ♦ 他走了有些~了。 He's been away for some time.
 - ♦ 这些~我校师生在工厂实习。 The teachers and students of our school have been doing field work at a factory recently.
 - 3. life; livelihood
 - ♦ 勤俭过~ lead an industrious and frugal life
 - ♦ ~越来越不好过。 Things are getting harder and harder.