time flies; time passes swiftly
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
time flies like a shuttle; time passes very quickly
literaryA classical four-character idiom (chengyu) used to express the swift passage of time, often with a nostalgic or wistful tone.
Rì日
yuè月
rú如
suō梭
，
zhuǎn转
yǎn眼
jiān间
wǒ我
men们
yǐ已
jīng经
bì毕
yè业
shí十
nián年
le了
。
Time flies like a shuttle; in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed since we graduated.
Zhēn真
shì是
rì日
yuè月
rú如
suō梭
，
xiǎng想
bù不
dào到
wǒ我
men们
shàng上
cì次
jiàn见
miàn面
yǐ已
jīng经
shì是
wǔ五
nián年
qián前
de的
shì事
le了
。
Truly time flies; I can't believe it's already been five years since we last met.
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Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yòng用
"
rì日
yuè月
rú如
suō梭
"
lái来
tàn感
kǎi叹
shí时
guāng光
yì易
shì逝
。
Ancient people often used 'time flies like a shuttle' to lament the fleeting nature of time.