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between meaning in Chinese

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between (in the position or interval that separates two things)
preposition
[UK: bɪ.ˈtwiːn]
[US: bɪ.ˈtwiːn]

之間preposition

之间 /zhījiān/preposition

preposition

间 /jiān/preposition

between a rock and a hard place (having the choice between two unpleasant options)
preposition

进退两难 /jìntuìliǎngnán/preposition

進退兩難preposition

between jobs ((euphemistic) unemployed)
preposition
[UK: bɪ.ˈtwiːn dʒɒbz]
[US: bɪ.ˈtwiːn ˈdʒɑːbz]

暂时待业 /zànshí dàiyè/preposition

暫時待業preposition

between Scylla and Charybdis (idiomatic)
preposition

進退維谷 /jìntuìwéigǔ/preposition

few and far between (rare and scarce)
adjective

少之又少 /shǎozhīyòushǎo/adjective

go-between [go-betweens] (intermediary or middleman)
noun
[UK: ˈɡəʊ bɪ.twiːn]
[US: ˈɡoʊ bɪ.twiːn]

中間人noun

中间人 /zhōngjiānrén/noun

媒人 /méiren/noun

read between the lines (infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly)
verb
[UK: riːd bɪ.ˈtwiːn ðə laɪnz]
[US: riːd bɪ.ˈtwiːn ðə ˈlaɪnz]

体会言外之意 /tǐhuì yánwàizhīyì/verb

體會言外之意verb