HSK 7-9
耗时
hàoshí动
time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
整项调查耗时将近半年。
Zhěng xiàng diào chá hào shí jiāng jìn bàn nián.
The entire investigation took nearly six months.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.