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寸阴若岁
cùn​yīn​ruò​suì

a moment feels like a year

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 寸阴 寸陰 cùn​yīn
    brief moment
    a very short period of time; literally the time it takes for a shadow to move one inch
  2. 若 ruò adjectiveadverb
    to seem
    to seem; to appear to; to be like; to look as if
  3. 岁 歲 suì nounverb
    year
    (bound form) A year; time; season