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Jyutping
jat1 zaam2 ngaan5
Pinyin
yī zhǎ yǎn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
in a wink
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
女人的思维很有跳跃性:从仰慕到爱慕,从爱慕到结婚都是一眨眼间的事。
女人的思維很有跳躍性:從仰慕到愛慕,從愛慕到結婚都是一眨眼間的事。
nǚ rén de sī wéi hěn yǒu tiào yuè xìng : cóng yǎng mù dào ài mù , cóng ài mù dào jié hūn dōu shì yī zhǎ yǎn jiān de shì 。
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.
Mandarin
它发生在一眨眼之间。
它發生在一眨眼之間。
tā fā shēng zài yī zhǎ yǎn zhī jiān 。
It happened in the blink of an eye.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
啲细路真系冇时定,一眨眼就唔知去咗边嘞。
啲細路真係冇時定,一眨眼就唔知去咗邊嘞。
di1 sai3 lou6 zan1 hai6 mou5 si4 ding6, jat1 zaam2 ngaan5 zau6 m4 zi1 heoi3 zo2 bin1 laak3.
The kids are so active and energetic; they often run off to god-knows-where in the blink of an eye.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
她到处追逐想象中的老鼠和松鼠,一眨眼的工夫就从桌子上跳到椅子上。
她到處追逐想象中的老鼠和松鼠,一眨眼的工夫就從桌子上跳到椅子上。
tā dào chù zhuī zhú xiǎng xiàng zhōng de lǎo shǔ hé sōng shǔ , yī zhǎ yǎn de gōng fu jiù cóng zhuō zi shàng tiào dào yǐ zi shàng .
She raced around, chasing imaginary mice and squirrels, and vaulted from table to chair in the blink of an eye.