瞬息之间 — Chinese idiom
瞬息之间
shùn xī zhī jiān
Traditional: 瞬息之間
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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