转眼之间 — Chinese idiom
转眼之间
zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān
Traditional: 轉眼之間
Meaning
- in the wink of an eye; in a flash
Character by character
- 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
Idioms sharing a character
- 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
- 天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn
- 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
- 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
- 扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
- 旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
- 时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn
- 珠流璧转 zhū liú bì zhuǎn
- 目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng
- 目不转瞬 mù bù zhuǎn shùn
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