一眨眼
yī zhǎ yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

一眨眼
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yī zhǎ yǎn
  1. in a wink

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

嗯。挺好的。一眨眼都结婚七年了。七年之痒都快过去了。
ng4 。tǐng hǎo de 。yīzhǎyǎn dōu jiéhūn qīnián le 。qīniánzhīyǎng dōu kuài guòqu le 。
Ummm, pretty good. In the blink of an eye, it's seven years already. The seven year itch is almost over.
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一眨眼工夫，悟空又踩着一朵云彩缓缓落下。
yīzhǎyǎn gōngfu ，wùkōng yòu cǎi zhe yī duǒ yúncǎi huǎnhuǎn luòxià 。
In only the blink of an eye, Wukong was already slowly floating back down to the earth on a cloud.
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一眨眼工夫，那团白烟便飘到了唐僧休息的地方，现出了白骨原形。
yīzhǎyǎn gōngfu ，nà tuán bái yān biàn piāo dào le Táng Sēng xiūxi de dìfang ，xiàn chū le báigǔ yuánxíng 。
In the blink of an eye, the cloud of white smoke floated to the place where Tang Seng rested and transformed back into its original skeletal form.
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