流星赶月

流星趕月

liúxīng-gǎnyuè

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

消息一传开，他流星赶月地赶回家。

Xiāoxi yī chuánkāi, tā liúxīng-gǎnyuè de gǎn huí jiā.

As soon as the news got out, he rushed home as fast as a meteor.

HSK 7-9

他骑马飞奔，如流星赶月，一口气跑了三十里。

Tā qí mǎ fēibēn, rú liúxīng-gǎnyuè, yì kǒu qì pǎo le sānshí lǐ.

He galloped on horseback like a meteor chasing the moon, covering thirty li in one stretch.

history

From 吴承恩's 《西游记》 ch. 44: 那一顿如流星赶月 - describing the monks devouring a meal as fast as a meteor catches up to the moon.

流 liú

星 xīng

赶 gǎn

月 yuè