时间是把杀猪刀
shí​jiān​shì​bǎ​shā​zhū​dāo

time is a relentless butcher

  • created sense approved 时间是把杀猪刀/時間是把殺豬刀 · shí​jiān​shì​bǎ​shā​zhū​dāo · time is a relentless butcher — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    时间是把杀猪刀 / 時間是把殺豬刀

    shí​jiān​shì​bǎ​shā​zhū​dāo

    time is a relentless butcher

    Used to express that time marches on relentlessly, aging people and changing things in an unforgiving way

    时间 (literal) → 时间/時間 · shí​jiān · time 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 把 (literal) → 把 · bǎ · [classifier] 杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to kill 猪 (literal) → 猪/豬 · zhū · pig 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife

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

    created sense