光阴似箭

光陰似箭

guāngyīnsìjiàn

idiom

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

光阴似箭，一转眼孩子都上大学了。

Guāng yīn sì jiàn, yī zhuǎn yǎn háizi dōu shàng dàxué le.

Time flies like an arrow — in a blink the kids are already in college.

光阴似箭，日月如梭。

Guāng yīn sì jiàn, rì yuè rú suō.

Time flies like an arrow; days and months shuttle by.

毕业十年了，真是光阴似箭。

Bìyè shí nián le, zhēn shì guāng yīn sì jiàn.

It's been ten years since graduation — time really does fly.

Tips

history

From 唐·韦庄《关河道中》: 但见时光流似箭，岂知天道曲如弓 — '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

光 guāng

阴 yīn

似 sì

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