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白駒過隙

简白驹过隙 · 繁白駒過隙

Mandarin · pinyin bái jū guò xì

a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
隙: xì · crack, split, fissure; grudge
驹: jū · colt; fleet, swift; sun; surname
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across

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2–1–4–4 · bai2 ju1 guo4 xi4

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baak6 keoi1 gwo3 kwik1

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(idiomatic) swiftness of the lapse of time; fleeting of time; in the twinkling of an eye

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