转眼
zhuǎnyǎn
in the blink of an eye; very quickly
Characters in this word
眼 yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 目 eye 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 转眼十年过去，当初的临时安置区已经发展成完整社区。 Zhuǎnyǎn shí nián guòqù, dāngchū de línshí ānzhìqū yǐjīng fāzhǎn chéng wánzhěng shèqū. Ten years passed in the blink of an eye, and the original temporary resettlement area had developed into a complete community.
- 转眼孩子就大学毕业了，时间过得真快。 Zhuǎnyǎn háizi jiù dàxué bìyè le, shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài. In the blink of an eye the child has already graduated from university — how fast time goes.
- 转眼间他搬来这座城市已经三年了。 Zhuǎnyǎn jiān tā bān lái zhè zuò chéngshì yǐjīng sān nián le. In the blink of an eye, it has already been three years since he moved to this city.
Related words
- 转 zhuǎn to turn
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 转动 zhuǎndòng to turn; to rotate
- 转告 zhuǎngào to pass on a message
- 转身 zhuǎnshēn to turn around
- 转弯 zhuǎnwān to turn a corner
- 转移 zhuǎnyí to move; to shift
- 转化 zhuǎnhuà to transform
- 转换 zhuǎnhuàn to switch; to change
- 转让 zhuǎnràng to transfer
- 转向 zhuǎnxiàng to turn
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve