"俯仰之間" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "以 大 為{wéi} 小，以 強 為{wéi} 弱，在 俯仰之間 耳。",
        "2": "It only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "ref": "Hanshu"
      },
      "expansion": "以大為小，以強為弱，在俯仰之間耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]以大为小，以强为弱，在俯仰之间耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nYǐ dà wéi xiǎo, yǐ qiáng wéi ruò, zài fǔyǎngzhījiān ěr. [Pinyin]\nIt only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "以大為小，以強為弱，在俯仰之間耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]以大为小，以强为弱，在俯仰之间耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nYǐ dà wéi xiǎo, yǐ qiáng wéi ruò, zài fǔyǎngzhījiān ěr. [Pinyin]\nIt only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "俯仰之間",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a very short time; human's lifetime"
      ],
      "id": "en-俯仰之間-zh-phrase-5ZTrJ9AX",
      "links": [
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngzhījiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄨˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² joeng⁵ zi¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngzhījiān [Phonetic:fúyǎngzhījiān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngjhihjian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu³-yang³-chih¹-chien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔ-yǎng-jr̄-jyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fuuyeangjyjian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фуянчжицзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fujančžiczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú yéuhng jī gāan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² joeng⁵ dzi¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² yêng⁵ ji¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fúyǎngzhījiān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "俯仰之間"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "以 大 為{wéi} 小，以 強 為{wéi} 弱，在 俯仰之間 耳。",
        "2": "It only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "ref": "Hanshu"
      },
      "expansion": "以大為小，以強為弱，在俯仰之間耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]以大为小，以强为弱，在俯仰之间耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nYǐ dà wéi xiǎo, yǐ qiáng wéi ruò, zài fǔyǎngzhījiān ěr. [Pinyin]\nIt only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "以大為小，以強為弱，在俯仰之間耳。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]以大为小，以强为弱，在俯仰之间耳。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nYǐ dà wéi xiǎo, yǐ qiáng wéi ruò, zài fǔyǎngzhījiān ěr. [Pinyin]\nIt only takes an instant for a big and strong power to turn into a small and weak one.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "俯仰之間",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a very short time; human's lifetime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngzhījiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄨˇ ㄧㄤˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² joeng⁵ zi¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngzhījiān [Phonetic:fúyǎngzhījiān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔyǎngjhihjian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu³-yang³-chih¹-chien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǔ-yǎng-jr̄-jyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fuuyeangjyjian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фуянчжицзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fujančžiczjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fú yéuhng jī gāan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² joeng⁵ dzi¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fu² yêng⁵ ji¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fúyǎngzhījiān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuː³⁵ jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "俯仰之間"
}