the flight of time(guāng yīn sì jiàn)

the flight of time

Time flies, a Chinese idiom, pronounced Gu ā ngy ī ns ì Ji à n, describes the rapid disappearance of time. It comes from Guan He He Zhong by Wei Zhuang of Tang Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

The sun is like a shuttle, the sun is like a passing horse, and the day is like a year

The origin of Idioms

The poem of Guan He Zhong written by Wei Zhuang of Tang Dynasty: "but seeing the flow of time is like an arrow, I don't know that the way of heaven is like a bow."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as attributive and clause; used to describe the rapid passage of time. Time flies like an arrow, and half a year passes unconsciously. (Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "warning of the world" Volume 33) (Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Ming Yan" Volume 1: "time flies like an arrow, do not feel the end of old age, every family, noisy warm brazier, set off firecrackers, eat family fun." (3) chapter 53 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty: "time flies like an arrow. Zhengshu was 18 years old. He was born with a long body and a strong body. He was good at shooting."

Chinese PinYin : guāng yīn sì jiàn