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轉眼之間

简 转眼之间 · 繁 轉眼之間
Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān

Meanings

  1. (idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
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轉
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眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
間
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转
zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
间
jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality
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3–3–1–1 · zhuan3 yan3 zhi1 jian1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 ngaan5 zi1 gaan1

Cantonese word readings for 轉眼之間. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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