兔走烏飛
tù​zǒu​wū​fēi

time flies

  • created reference approved 兔走乌飞/兔走烏飛 → 乌飞兔走/烏飛兔走 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔走乌飞 / 兔走烏飛 tù​zǒu​wū​fēi

    乌飞兔走 / 烏飛兔走 wū​fēi​tù​zǒu

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兔走乌飞/兔走烏飛 · tù​zǒu​wū​fēi · time flies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔走乌飞 / 兔走烏飛

    tù​zǒu​wū​fēi

    time flies

    time passes swiftly; based on ancient legends where the rabbit represents the moon and the crow represents the sun, its literal meaning is "the rabbit runs and the crow flies," referring to the passage of days and months

    兔 (literal) → 兔 · tù · rabbit 走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · to run 乌 (literal) → 乌/烏 · wū · the sun 飞 (literal) → 飞/飛 · fēi · to fly

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

    created sense