time flies like a white pony through a crack
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesidiom
time flies extremely fast
literaryOriginally 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.