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曾几何时céng jǐ hé shíbefore long; it was not(/did not take) long before; it has not been long since then; not long after (wards); not long since;not many years have passed; shortly after; within a very short time
❍ 事实不为轻薄阴险小儿留情，曾几何年，他们就都已烟消火灭，然而未名社的译作，在文苑里却至今没有枯死的。(《鲁迅选集》Ⅳ—74) Meanwhile history has not spared those small-minded cynics:though not many years have passed they have all disappeared,while the translations of the Wei-ming Press have not yet withered in our garden of liter ature.
❍ 先前想不到后来，曾经对于吴友如先生辈颇说过的几句蹊跷话，不料～，即须自己出丑了，……(鲁迅《朝花夕拾·后记》107)Lacking foresight I commented disrespectfully on Mr. Wu Youru and his confreres,little thinking I should have to make a fool of myself so shortly after. 曾几何时cénɡ jǐ hé shí曾：曾经；几何：多少。形容过去没有多久。not long after, before long, shortly after |