时好时坏 shíhǎo-shíhuài sometimes good, sometimes bad
怎么记住“时好时坏”: 时 time + 好 good + 坏 bad = sometimes good, sometimes bad.
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- 'Sometimes good, sometimes bad' - of health, moods, performance that fluctuates: 他的病情时好时坏 (tā de bìngqíng shíhǎo-shíhuài) his condition keeps going up and down.
- The 时…时… frame means 'now this, now that'; transparent and common for unstable, wavering states.