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转眼之间

zhuǎn yǎn zhī jiān

4-character word Traditional 轉眼之間

What 转眼之间 means

1. idiomin the wink of an eye; in a flash

The characters in 转眼之间

• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space

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