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时好时坏

shí hǎo shí huài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 時好時壞

时好时坏 (shí hǎo shí huài) means "sometimes good, sometimes bad". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 时好时坏 means

1. sometimes good, sometimes bad

The characters in 时好时坏

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 坏huàibad; spoiled; broken

Example sentences

• 我父亲的状况时好时坏。
  Wǒ fùqīn de zhuàngkuàng shíhǎoshíhuài.
  My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.

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