zhǎ​yǎn HSK7

to blink

眨眼 zhǎ//yǎn
to blink verb + noun
to open and close the eyes quickly; to blink or wink

Whoever blinks first, loses the game.

in a blink verbnoun
in the twinkling of an eye; very quickly or in a very short period of time

In the blink of an eye, 15 minutes went by.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
7.24 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
4.04 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

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