間不容息
jiān​bù​róng​xī

in a split second

  • created sense approved 间不容息/間不容息 · jiān​bù​róng​xī · in a split second — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    间不容息 / 間不容息

    jiān​bù​róng​xī

    in a split second

    In the blink of an eye; used to describe a situation that is extremely urgent or time that is so tight it does not allow for a single breath of breath of delay

    jiàn​bù​róng​xí

    间 (literal) → 间/間 · jiàn · gap 不容 (literal) → 不容 · bù​róng · to not tolerate 息 (literal) → 息 · xī · breath

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

    created sense