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lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds
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femtosecond, fs, 10^-15 s
to count the number of seconds
to count down the remaining seconds
stopwatch
picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s
to ejaculate within a few seconds during sex
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Our employees are working around the clock to fix the damage caused by the ice storm.
Source: Tatoeba #13069549 · CC BY 2.0 FRI've lost 15 seconds of my life.
Source: Tatoeba #7768298 · CC BY 2.0 FRThere are sixty seconds in a minute.
Source: Tatoeba #380602 · CC BY 2.0 FRSixty minutes make an hour, and a minute is made up of sixty seconds.
Source: Tatoeba #1363309 · CC BY 2.0 FRAn hour has sixty minutes, and a minute has sixty seconds.
Source: Tatoeba #1746087 · CC BY 2.0 FR"Six pence per second," Bob reminds her.
Source: Tatoeba #780366 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.