"彈指一揮間" meaning in Chinese

See 彈指一揮間 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

IPA: /tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: tánzhǐ yī huī jiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], taan⁴ zi² jat¹ fai¹ gaan¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tánzhǐ yī huī jiān [Phonetic:tánzhǐ yì huī jiān] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], tánjhǐh yi huei jian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tʻan²-chih³ i¹ hui¹ chien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tán-jř yī hwēi jyān [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tarnjyy i huei jian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], таньчжи и хуэй цзянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tanʹčži i xuej czjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tàahn jí yāt fāi gāan [Cantonese, Yale], taan⁴ dzi² jat⁷ fai¹ gaan¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tan⁴ ji² yed¹ fei¹ gan¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 弹指一挥间
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 彈指一揮間
  1. time flies
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      "args": {
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      "glosses": [
        "time flies"
      ],
      "id": "en-彈指一揮間-zh-proverb-xPiIz3cZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "time flies",
          "time flies"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánzhǐ yī huī jiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taan⁴ zi² jat¹ fai¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánzhǐ yī huī jiān [Phonetic:tánzhǐ yì huī jiān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánjhǐh yi huei jian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻan²-chih³ i¹ hui¹ chien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tán-jř yī hwēi jyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tarnjyy i huei jian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "таньчжи и хуэй цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tanʹčži i xuej czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tàahn jí yāt fāi gāan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taan⁴ dzi² jat⁷ fai¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan⁴ ji² yed¹ fei¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: tánzhǐ yì huī jiān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "彈指一揮間"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "弹指一挥间",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "彈指一揮間",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 一",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 彈",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 指",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 揮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 間",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time flies"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time flies",
          "time flies"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánzhǐ yī huī jiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taan⁴ zi² jat¹ fai¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánzhǐ yī huī jiān [Phonetic:tánzhǐ yì huī jiān]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄢˊ ㄓˇ ㄧ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tánjhǐh yi huei jian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻan²-chih³ i¹ hui¹ chien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tán-jř yī hwēi jyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tarnjyy i huei jian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "таньчжи и хуэй цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tanʹčži i xuej czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tàahn jí yāt fāi gāan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taan⁴ dzi² jat⁷ fai¹ gaan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tan⁴ ji² yed¹ fei¹ gan¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: tánzhǐ yì huī jiān]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "彈指一揮間"
}

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