一時半刻 yī shí bàn kè

DEFINITIONS

  1. a short time
  2. a little while

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
時 shí time, season; era, age, period
半 bàn
HSK 3
half
刻 kè
HSK 3
carve, engrave; quarter hour