瞬息
shùn xī
Pinyin

Definition

瞬息
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shùn xī
  1. in a flash
  2. twinkling
  3. ephemeral

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
瞬间
shùn jiān
  1. 1 in an instant
  2. 2 in a flash
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest

Idioms (12)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊。我始终觉得股市瞬息万变，一般人难以预测。上次我妈投资的一支股票就跌停板了，让我们都跟着她郁闷了好几天。
shì ā 。wǒ shǐzhōng juéde gǔshì shùnxīwànbiàn ，yībānrén nányǐ yùcè 。shàngcì wǒ mā tóuzī de yī zhī gǔpiào jiù diētíngbǎn le ，ràng wǒmen dōu gēn zhe tā yùmèn le hǎojǐ tiān 。
Yeah. I always feel that the stock market can change a lot in the wink of an eye. It's generally really hard for people to predict. Last time, a stock my mom invested in fell to rock bottom. We were all depressed with her for many days.
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