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Expressing "when the time comes" with "dao shihou"

到时候(dào shíhou) basically means the same thing as "when the times comes." Usually "when the time comes" is pointing to a specific event in the future.

Structure

……,到时候 + ……

Keywords
时候 · 到 · 时 · 候
Used for
Expressing time and date
Classification
Adverbs

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