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时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭
时光似箭，日月如梭

时光似箭，日月如梭 — “Time flies like an arrow”

时光似箭，日月如梭 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies like an arrow”. Days and months shuttle back and forth like a weaver's shuttle, indicating that time passes extremely fast. Literally, “Time is like an arrow, days and months are like a shuttle”.

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时光似箭，日月如梭 Pronunciation and Pinyin

时光似箭，日月如梭 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
时		shí7time, moment, or hour
光		guāng6light, honor, bare, smooth, gone
似		shì6similar to, like, as if
箭		jiàn15arrow, rapid, urgent
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日		rì4sun, day, Japan
月		yuè4moon or month
如		rú6like, as, if
梭		suō11shuttle back and forth

Example Sentence with 时光似箭，日月如梭

转眼间，大学四年就过去了，时光似箭，日月如梭，我们即将踏入社会
In the blink of an eye, four years of university have passed. Time flies like an arrow, and days and months shuttle like a weaver's shuttle; we are about to step into society.

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Questions about 时光似箭，日月如梭

What does 时光似箭，日月如梭 mean?

时光似箭，日月如梭 (shí guāng shì jiàn ， rì yuè rú suō) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies like an arrow”.

How do you pronounce 时光似箭，日月如梭?

时光似箭，日月如梭 is pronounced shí guāng shì jiàn ， rì yuè rú suō in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 时光似箭，日月如梭 literally mean?

Literally, 时光似箭，日月如梭 means “Time is like an arrow, days and months are like a shuttle”. It is used to mean “Time flies like an arrow”.

What is the Chinese definition of 时光似箭，日月如梭?

梭：织布机上引导纬纱与经纱交织的构件。形容时间过得很快