有时候
yǒushíhòu · HSK 1
from time to time
⏳ 有 (have) + 时候 (time/moment) = have-times = sometimes
时 means time and 候 means moment or period; together 时候 is a time-point. Prefixed with 有 (have/exist), the phrase literally reads have-times, i.e. on certain occasions rather than always.
有 — hand 𠂇 + moon/meat 月
Originally depicted a hand holding a piece of meat (月 here is the 'meat' radical, not moon), expressing the idea of possessing something. Over time the meaning broadened from 'to hold/possess' to the general sense of 'to have' or 'there is/exists'.
时 — sun 日 + temple/measure 寺
Originally a phono-semantic compound: 日 (sun) gives the meaning of time or season, while 寺 (shí) supplies the sound. Early forms used 之 as the phonetic before 寺 replaced it. The core sense 'season, time, hour' has stayed stable since ancient Chinese.