白驹过隙 |
bái jū guò xì |
a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies! |
白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
驹 |
jū |
colt |
过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
隙 |
xì |
crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift |