Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    tán
    zhǐ
    qǐng
    一弹指顷
    yī tán zhǐ qǐng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • a snap of the fingers; in a flash
    • in the twinkling of an eye

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    dàn
    crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball
    tán
    to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease
    zhǐ
    finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
    qīng
    variant of 傾|倾[qīng]
    qǐng
    unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mǔ] or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates)
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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