| 一弹指顷 |
yī tán zhǐ qǐng |
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 弹 |
dàn |
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball |
| 弹 |
tán |
to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) |
| 弹指 |
tán zhǐ |
to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end |
| 顷 |
qīng |
variant of 倾 |
| 顷 |
qǐng |
unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates) |