差不多两周John的病才好了。

Almost two weeks went by before John recovered from his illness.

It took John about two weeks to get over his illness.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 差不多 chàbuduō
  1. almost
  2. nearly
  3. more or less
  4. about the same
  5. good enough
  6. not bad
2 两周 Liǎngzhōu the Zhou dynasty; Western and Eastern Zhou periods
3
J
Not in lexicon.
4
o
Not in lexicon.
5
h
Not in lexicon.
6
n
Not in lexicon.
=7 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=7 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=7 的 dí really and truly
=7 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 病 bìng
  1. illness
  2. disease
  3. to fall ill
  4. defect

classifier: 場
=9 才 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=9 才 cái
  1. (variant of 才 cái) just now
  2. (variant of 才 cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
10 好了 hǎole
  1. (often doubled) okay; all right; that's enough, that'll do
  2. okay; all right; that's enough, that'll do