time passes quickly like a white pony 's shadow across a crevice(bái jū guò xì)

time passes quickly like a white pony 's shadow across a crevice

Baiju Guoqiao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á ij ū Gu ò x ì, which means that time passes quickly and time passes easily. It comes from Zhuangzi's journey to the north.

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's journey to the North: "life between heaven and earth, if Baiju gap, just suddenly."

Idioms and allusions

The story of Baiju passing the gap comes from Zhuangzi's journey to the north. The article describes that Confucius once went to Laozi specially to ask him what is the "supreme way". Laozi asked him to fast and bathe, saying: "human life is very short, just like a white horse passing through a narrow gap. Death is the transformation of man from the visible to the invisible, and Tao, that is, the spirit, can remain in the world forever. " It can be understood that Chuang Tzu thinks that life is short, but some people think that Chuang Tzu is successful in sitting quietly and sighs when he sees the short life of ordinary people.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: time flies like an arrow; time flies like a shuttle; antonym: time flies like a year

Idiom usage

Time flies by (can't describe any other speed) < ol > < li > If time flies by, it will suddenly go away! Time is like the water in a small river. It seems motionless, but it's actually flowing. < / Li > < li > People's life is very short, just like a fleeting moment, so we need to cherish our precious time. < / Li > < li > life between heaven and earth, if the gap, suddenly. < / Li > < li > the skin of the lips is punctured by the beard in an instant. Youth is flying the flag to hunt for the wind. < / Li > < li > time is like a fleeting moment. In a twinkling of an eye, four years of college life has passed like this.

Chinese PinYin : bái jū guò xì