光阴似箭

光陰似箭
guāngyīn-sìjiàn
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 time flies like an arrow
  2. 2 time passes with dizzying speed
  3. 3 how quickly the years go by

Examples

Guāngyīnsìjiàn, yīzhuǎnyǎn háizi dōu shàng dàxué le.
Time flies like an arrow — in a blink the kids are already in college.
Guāngyīnsìjiàn, rìyuèrúsuō.
Time flies like an arrow; days and months shuttle by.
Bìyè shínián le, zhēnshì guāngyīnsìjiàn.
It's been ten years since graduation — time really does fly.

Tips

history
From ·河道》: 时光天道 — 'I see only time streaming past like arrows; who would know heaven's path curves like a bow?' Later crystallized into the four-character 光阴似箭.

Stroke Order

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yīn
jiàn