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一眨眼

yī zhǎ yǎn

3-character word

What 一眨眼 means

1. in a wink

The characters in 一眨眼

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 眨zhǎto blink; to wink
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole

Example sentences

• 它发生在一眨眼之间。
  Tā fāshēng zài yīzhǎyǎn zhījiān.
  It happened in the blink of an eye.
• 消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。
  The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
• 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。
  Nǚrén de sīwéi hěn yǒu tiàoyuè xìng: cóng yǎngmù dào àimù, cóng àimù dào jiéhūn dōu shì yīzhǎyǎn jiān de shì.
  A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.