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空窗期
Mandarin · pinyin kōng chuāng qī
Meanings
- window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies)
- period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc)
- lull
- hiatus
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1–1–1 · kong1 chuang1 qi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hung1 coeng1 kei4
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noun
- (medicine) window period (time between first infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies)
- (figurative) the window of time after a breakup when a person is available for dating
- (figurative, in general) the window of time between activities; window period
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