rǎn

苒

Character · BoundTraditional䒣

see 'rěn rǎn' (time elapsing)

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

bound

(used in 荏苒) time passing; elapsing

literary

This character is not used independently; it only appears in the disyllabic word 荏苒 (rěn rǎn), describing the gradual passage of time.

Shí时
guāng光
rěn荏
rǎn苒
 ，
suì岁
yuè月
rú如
suō梭
 。

Time passes swiftly, and the years fly by like a shuttle.

Guāng光
yīn阴
rěn荏
rǎn苒
 ，
zhuǎn转
yǎn眼
jiān间
shí十
nián年
guò过
qù去
le了
 。

As time elapsed, ten years passed in the blink of an eye.