to wink/to blink/in a wink/in a flash/in a split second/instantaneous
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語素
非常短暫嘅時間 twinkling
瞬間
瞬间
seon3 gaan1 in a flash
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
instant; moment; blink of an eye
character
to wink; to blink
Definitions (Unihan)
wink, blink
in a wink, a flash
Cangjie Input
BUBBQ
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #815
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
“我就算吃得再多也不会发胖。” “你在那一瞬间成了世界众人的敌人。“
“我就算吃得再多也不會發胖。” “你在那一瞬間成了世界眾人的敵人。“
“ wǒ jiù suàn chī dé zài duō yě bù huì fā pàng 。” “ nǐ zài nà yī shùn jiān chéng le shì jiè zhòng rén de dí rén 。“
"My metabolism is such that no matter how much I eat I don't put on weight." "Just now, this second, you've made enemies of people throughout the world."
Mandarin
从战争开始的那一瞬间开始，两方都是罪恶的。
從戰爭開始的那一瞬間開始，兩方都是罪惡的。
cóng zhàn zhēng kāi shǐ de nà yī shùn jiān kāi shǐ ， liǎng fāng dōu shì zuì è de 。
Once a war breaks out, both sides are in the wrong.
Sometimes I will lose the context of my speech in an instant, as if a sudden gust of wind blows away the music score being played without leaving a trace.
这次地震发生在当地时间凌晨，人们还在睡梦中被山崩地裂般的地震惊醒，无数房屋在一瞬间轰然倒坍，许多人猝不及防就死于梦中。
這次地震發生在當地時間凌晨，人們還在睡夢中被山崩地裂般的地震驚醒，無數房屋在一瞬間轟然倒坍，許多人猝不及防就死於夢中。
zhè cì dì zhèn fā shēng zài dāng dì shí jiān líng chén ， rén men hái zài shuì mèng zhōng bèi shān bēng dì liè bān de dì zhèn jīng xǐng ， wú shù fáng wū zài yī shùn jiān hōng rán dǎo tān ， xǔ duō rén cù bù jí fáng jiù sǐ yú mèng zhōng ．
This time, the earthquake occurred before dawn local time. People were still sound asleep when they were jolted awake by a massively destructive earthquake. In an instant, countless houses had collapsed, and many people had died in their sleep with no time to react.
Mandarin
美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。
美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。
měi hǎo shí guāng shì nà yàng de duǎn zàn ， wǎn ruò tiān kōng huá guò de liú xīng bān zhuǎn shùn jí shì ．
Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.