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白駒過隙
简 白驹过隙 · 繁 白駒過隙Mandarin · pinyin bái jū guò xì
Meanings
- a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
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2–1–4–4 · bai2 ju1 guo4 xi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
baak6 keoi1 gwo3 kwik1
Cantonese word readings for 白駒過隙. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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baak6 keoi1 gwo3 kwik1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) swiftness of the lapse of time; fleeting of time; in the twinkling of an eye
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