转眼间

轉眼間

zhuǎnyǎnjiān

adverb #29,909

Meanings

HSK 2

转眼间，孩子们都长大了。

Zhuǎnyǎnjiān, háizi men dōu zhǎngdà le.

In the blink of an eye, the children had all grown up.

HSK 4

转眼间，三年过去了，她终于毕业了。

Zhuǎnyǎnjiān, sānnián guòqù le, tā zhōngyú bìyè le.

Before she knew it, three years had passed and she finally graduated.

memory

Think of it literally: 转眼 = 'turn eye' (a single eye movement), 间 = 'interval'. Time so short it fits between the turning of an eye - a blink.

转 zhuǎn

眼 yǎn

间 jiān