弹指之间 — Chinese idiom
弹指之间
tán zhǐ zhī jiān
Traditional: 彈指之間
Meaning
- in a flash; instantly
Character by character
- 弹tánbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
Idioms sharing a character
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 弹丸之地 dàn wán zhī dì
- 弹冠相庆 tán guān xiāng qìng
- 弹尽援绝 dàn jìn yuán jué
- 弹尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué
- 真枪实弹 zhēn qiāng shí dàn
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 荷枪实弹 hè qiāng shí dàn
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