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1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
2 scrupulous attention to detail

一板三眼

yī bǎn sān yǎn

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

一眼看穿

yī yǎn kàn chuān

1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)

一饱眼福

yī bǎo yǎn fú

1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)

Sample Sentences

一眨眼都七年啦！那确实要送个特别有纪念意义的。我想想啊，情侣对戒吧！俗话说“七年之痒”，是一个坎儿。送对戒的话，提醒他你们的爱情还要像新婚时一样甜蜜。

yī zhǎyǎn dōu qī nián la ！nà quèshí yào sòng gè tèbié yǒu jìniàn yìyì de 。wǒ xiǎng xiǎng a ，qínglǚ duìjiè ba ！súhuà shuō “qīniánzhīyǎng ”，shì yī gè kǎnr 。sòng duìjiè dehuà ，tíxǐng tā nǐmen de àiqíng hái yào xiàng xīnhūn shí yīyàng tiánmì 。

Seven years in the blink of an eye! Then you really need to give something especially commemorative. Let me think, how about his and hers matching rings? There's a saying "The seven-year itch" is a threshold. If you give matching rings it will remind him that your love is still as sweet as when you were newly married.

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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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