Idioms describing the passage of time

Suddenly it comes, and it is fleeting. Overnight, the sun and the moon are like arrows, breathing is uncertain, time is like arrows, and the sun and the moon are like streams, and they are fleeting.

Between 1 and suddenly.

Pronunciation: sh sh zh zh and Ji ā n

Explanation: The description time is very short.

Source: Western Han Dynasty Liu Xiang "Warring States Policy Chu Ce IV": "I swam in lush trees during the day and was sour and salty at night. Suddenly, I fell on my son. "

Interpretation of vernacular: In the dense forest during the day, it is sour and salty at night, and suddenly it falls between sons.

2, fleeting

Pronunciation: shāo zòng jí sh:

Explanation: it means that time or opportunity is easy to pass.

Source: The language stone "Painting Bamboo in Valley Chinese": "If you chase what you see, if the rabbit falls, you will die if you are less vertical."

Interpretation of vernacular Chinese: At this time, draw quickly with what you see and capture the image you see, just like a rabbit jumping and a stork landing.

3. Overnight

Pronunciation: dàn xιzhιJiān

Explanation: the basic meaning is to describe in a very short time.

Source: Han Anonymous "Jiao Zhongqing's Wife": "Pu Wei sewed for a while and it was another day."

Vernacular interpretation: Pu Wei can only sew for a while in the morning and evening.

The sun and the moon are like arrows.

Pronunciation: rüYuèrúJian

Explanation: It means that time passes quickly.

Source: Lvyuan Li's "Qi Lu Deng" in Qing Dynasty 18: "As the saying goes, the sun and the moon are like arrows ... a few years have passed."

Vernacular interpretation: As the saying goes, time flies ... A few years have passed in an instant.

5. Time flies

Pronunciation: guāng yān sijian

Explanation: Describe how time flies.

Source: Zhuang's "Guan Hezhong" poem: "But seeing time as an arrow, I don't know that the sky is like a bow."

Vernacular interpretation: I see time flies, but I don't know that heaven is like a bow.