刹那 (剎那)
chà nà
Pinyin

Definition

刹那 (剎那)
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chà nà
  1. an instant (Sanskrit: ksana)
  2. split second
  3. the twinkling of an eye

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

那
Nā
  1. 1 surname Na
那么
nà me
  1. 1 like that
  2. 2 in that way
  3. 3 or so
  4. 4 so
  5. 5 so very much
  6. 6 about
  7. 7 in that case
那些
nà xiē
  1. 1 those
那个
nà ge
  1. 1 that one
  2. 2 that thing
  3. 3 that (as opposed to this)
  4. 4 (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
  5. 5 (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
  6. 6 (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
  7. 7 (euph.) menstruation
  8. 8 sex
  9. 9 also pr. [nèi ge]
那时
nà shí
  1. 1 then
  2. 2 at that time
  3. 3 in those days

Idioms (2)

说时迟，那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
  1. 1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
  2. 2 before you know it
这山望着那山高
zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo
  1. 1 lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position
  2. 2 the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Sample Sentences

在这一刹那冻结了时间。
zài zhè yīchànà dòngjié le shíjiān 。
In that moment we froze time
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刹那间，悟空腾空而起，喝道：“妖怪，哪里逃！”
chànàjiān ，Wùkōng téngkōngérqǐ ，hè dào ：“yāoguài ，nǎli táo ！”
In the blink of an eye, Monkey soared into the air, shouting “Demon, you cannot escape!”
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警察第三次找到我，问我关于那个女孩的事。说实话，我已经感到厌烦了，我开始拒绝和他们合作。他们把我带回到学校，带回到湖边。正当我靠近湖边的一刹那，我似乎又感觉到了曾经出现过的寒冷。我开始挣脱和抵触，使出全身的力气来跟我身边的警察抗争。
jǐngchá dì sān cì zhǎo dào wǒ ，wèn wǒ guānyú nà ge nǚhái de matter 。shuō shíhuà ，wǒ yǐjīng gǎndào yànfán le ，wǒ kāishǐ jùjué hé tāmen hézuò 。tāmen bǎ wǒ dài huí dào xuéxiào ，dài huí dào hú biān 。zhèngdāng wǒ kàojìn hú biān de yīchànà ，wǒ sìhu yòu gǎnjué dào le céngjīng chūxiàn guo de hánlěng 。wǒ kāishǐ zhèngtuō hé dǐchù ，shǐchū quánshēn de lìqi lái gēn wǒ shēnbiān de jǐngchá kàngzhēng 。
The third time the police came for me, they asked about what had happened to the girl. To tell the truth, I was already fed up with them and refusing to cooperate. They took me back to the school; back to the lake. The moment I approached the lakeside, it seemed as though I could feel the same frigid feeling I had felt once before. I started to break loose and put up a fight. I used all the strength my body could muster and made a stand against the officer next to me.
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