时段shíduàn
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Meanings
1. time interval
2. work shift
3. time slot
4. the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
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Every day I work different hours.
The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.