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between / among / space / (measure word), interstice / separate
Usage
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間
1. The place where two periods of time or two kinds of things connect.
Example: 中~ (middle space), ~距 (distance between), ~奏 (interval), 天地之~ (space between heaven and earth).
2. Within a certain space or time.
Example: 田~ (field space), 人~ (human space).
3. The divisions within a house.
Example: 裡~ (inside space), 衣帽~ (clothing and hat space), ~量 (unit of space).
4. A measure word, the smallest unit of a house.
Example: 一~房 (one room).
Noun: Between two entities.
Example: 他夹在妻子与母亲之间,很难做人 (He is caught between his wife and mother, making it difficult for him).
Noun: A place; a certain area of construction.
Example: 田间 (in the fields), 阴间 (the underworld), 房间 (room).
1. Gap or space.
Example: ~隙 (gap), 當~兒 (at that moment), 親密無~ (intimately without gaps).
2. Separation or disconnection.
Example: ~隔 (to separate), ~斷 (disjoint), ~接 (disconnection), ~日 (interval days), ~歇 (a break).
3. Instigating discord.
Example: 離~ (to drive apart), ~諜 (infiltrator), 反~計 (counter-instigation).
4. To remove or eliminate.
Example: ~苗 (to remove seedlings).
5. Secluded paths.
Example: ~道 (narrow path), ~行 (to walk on narrow trails).
6. Participation.
Example: “肉食者謀之,又何~焉” (When the meat-eaters plan, what gap is there?).
Noun: Gap or space.
Example: 间隙 (gap), 间不容发 (tight on time). 《史记.卷六二.管晏传》:“其御之妻从门间而闚其夫。” (The wife of his servant peeked at her husband through the door gap).
Noun: Spy.
Example: 《史记.卷八一.廉颇蔺相如传》:“秦间来入,赵奢善食而遣之。” (A spy from Qin came in, and Zhao She enjoyed the food and sent him away).
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