一霎眼

yíshàyǎn

phrase

Meanings

1 in an instant
2 in the blink of an eye
3 suddenly

Characters

brief moment, instant

Examples

HSK 2

一霎眼,十年就过去了。

Yíshàyǎn, shínián jiù guòqù le.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have gone by.

HSK 5

他一霎眼就消失在人群里。

Tā yíshàyǎn jiù xiāoshī zài rénqún lǐ.

In an instant he had vanished into the crowd.

Tips

memory

霎 (shà) means 'a brief moment' (think of a sudden rain shower 霎时间). Add 一 'one' and 眼 'eye' and you get 'one blink of the eye', same image as the English idiom.

Stroke Order

一 yī

霎 shà

眼 yǎn