瞬息之间 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• in the wink of an eye; in a flash

Character by character

• 瞬shùnto wink, to blink; an instant, the blink of an eye
• 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

Idioms sharing a character

• 目不转瞬 mù bù zhuǎn shùn
• 瞬息万变 shùn xī wàn biàn
• 转瞬即逝 zhuǎn shùn jí shì
• 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
• 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
• 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
• 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
• 息事宁人 xī shì níng rén
• 息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān
• 气息奄奄 qì xī yǎn yǎn

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