曇花一現 [昙－－现]

Jyutping taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6
Pinyin tán huā yī xiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
  2. flash in the pan (idiom)
  3. short-lived
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    有如​無​花果​嘅​花​開​咗​咁​難​得​，​比喻​人​或者​事物​一出​現​就​好​快​消失
    to last briefly as the flower of the broad-leaved epiphyllum
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    like a flash in the pan; ephemeral; short-lived; not long-term
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）