timely · apt to the occasion · in due course

shì shí

sh+ì·4th tonesh+í·2nd tone

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I hear that keeping yourself hydrated at appropriate times can help prevent heatstroke.

听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。

Sometimes, I wish I could walk through time, and meet myself back when I was still a child.

有时候，真希望自己可以适时的穿越回去，去见见那个还是个小孩子的自己。

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