转眼之间 — Chinese idiom

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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