báijūguòxì

白驹过隙

Word · IdiomTraditional白駒過隙

time flies like a white pony through a crack

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

idiom

time flies extremely fast

literary

Originally from Zhuangzi's 'Knowledge Travels North', used in formal and literary contexts to lament the rapid passage of time.

Shí时
guāng光
bái白
jū驹
guò过
xì隙
 ,
wǒ我
men们
yào要
zhēn珍
xī惜
měi每
yī一
fēn分
měi每
yī一
miǎo秒
 。

Time flies so fast, we should cherish every single second.

Zhuǎn转
yǎn眼
èr二
shí十
nián年
guò过
qù去
 ,
zhēn真
shì是
bái白
jū驹
guò过
xì隙
a啊
 。

Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, how time flies.

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Bì毕
yè业
shí十
nián年
zài再
xiāng相
jù聚
 ,
dà大
jiā家
dōu都
gǎn感
tàn叹
rén人
shēng生
rú如
bái白
jū驹
guò过
xì隙
 。

When we reunited ten years after graduation, we all lamented how fast life passes.

Miàn面
duì对
bái白
jū驹
guò过
xì隙
de的
suì岁
yuè月
 ,
wǒ我
men们
gèng更
yīng应
bǎ把
wò握
dāng当
xià下
 。

Facing the fleeting years, we should seize the present moment even more.

Nián年
shào少
shí时
zhǐ只
jué觉
rì日
zǐ子
màn漫
cháng长
 ,
chéng成
nián年
hòu后
fāng方
zhī知
bái白
jū驹
guò过
xì隙
 。

When we were young, we thought days were long, but only when we grow up do we realize how fast time flies.