转 眼

zhuǎnyǎn

“In a flash” in Chinese is 转眼 (zhuǎnyǎn).

Meaning

in a flash
in the blink of an eye
to glance

Example

他一转眼就跑了。

He left in the blink of an eye.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhuǎnHSK 38 strokesto turn yǎnHSK 211 strokeseye

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