光陰如電
guāng​yīn​rú​diàn

time flies like lightning

  • created sense approved 光阴如电/光陰如電 · guāng​yīn​rú​diàn · time flies like lightning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光阴如电 / 光陰如電

    guāng​yīn​rú​diàn

    time flies like lightning

    time passes very quickly; often used to express how rapidly years go by

    光阴 (literal) → 光阴/光陰 · guāng​yīn · time 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 电 (literal) → 电/電 · diàn · fast

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense