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转眼

zhuǎn yǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 轉眼

转眼 (zhuǎn yǎn) means "in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 转眼 means

1. in a flash
2. in the blink of an eye
3. to glance

The characters in 转眼

• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole

Example sentences

• 他一转眼就跑了。
  Tā yī zhuǎnyǎn jiù pǎo le.
  He left in the blink of an eye.

Words starting with 转眼

• 转眼间zhuǎn yǎn jiānin the blink of an eye
• 转眼之间zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
• 转眼即逝zhuǎn yǎn jí shìto pass in an instant; over in the twinkling of an eye

Words containing 转眼

• 一转眼yī zhuǎn yǎnin the blink of an eye

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