1to arrive at (place or time)
2period
3to become due
4classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
Examples
rì běn日本guó huì国会jīn tiān今天zhèng shì正式xuǎn jǔ选举le了qiáo桥běn本lóng龙tài太láng郎zuò wéi作为quán guó全国dì第5252jiè届zǒng lǐ总理。
日本国会今天正式选举了桥本龙太郎作为全国第52届总理。
The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.
在上一届世界杯上，新西兰在比赛中被墨西哥淘汰。
In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.