jū​guāng

fleeting time

  • created reference approved 驹光/駒光 → 白驹过隙/白駒過隙 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驹光 / 駒光 jū​guāng

    白驹过隙 / 白駒過隙 bái​jū​guò​xì

    abbreviation

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  • created sense approved 驹光/駒光 · jū​guāng · fleeting time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驹光 / 駒光

    jū​guāng

    fleeting time

    Short for [[白驹过隙|白駒過隙|bai2 ju1 guo4 xi4]], literally referring to a swift horse seen through a gap as it gallops past; metaphor for the very fast passage of time.

    驹 (literal) → 驹/駒 · jū · colt 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · time

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

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