光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
guāng yīn sì jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
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guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

似
shì
  1. 1 see also: 似的 shì de
似乎
sì hū
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 to seem
  3. 3 to appear
  4. 4 as if
  5. 5 seemingly
光
guāng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 ray
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
  4. 4 bright
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 merely
  7. 7 to use up
光明
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)

Sample Sentences

光阴似箭、岁月如梭，而欢乐的时光呀，更如那白驹过隙般，一跃而去。
guāngyīnsìjiàn 、suìyuèrúsuō ，ér huānlè de shíguāng ya ，gèng rú nà báijūguòxì bān ，yī yuè ér qù 。
Time flies, and good times are really fleeting, over in the blink of an eye.
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