乌飞兔走 — “Time flies quickly”
乌飞兔走 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies quickly”. Time passes like an arrow, as swift as the crow (sun) flying and the rabbit (moon) running. Literally, “The crow (sun) flies, the rabbit (moon) runs”.
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乌飞兔走 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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光阴荏苒，乌飞兔走，转眼间十年过去了，我们都已不再是当年青涩的模样。
Time flies quickly, like the crow flying and the rabbit running; in a blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and we are no longer the naive youths we once were.
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- wū乌qī七bā八zāo糟in a terrible mess
- wū乌zhī之cí雌xióng雄unable to distinguish good from evil
- wū乌yún云yā压dǐng顶impending crisis or great pressure
- wū乌hé合zhī之zhòng众disorganized rabble
- wū乌hé合zhī之zú卒a disorganized and undisciplined crowd
- wū乌tiān天hēi黑dì地utterly dark, chaotic, or degenerate
- wū乌tóu头bái白mǎ马shēng生jiǎo角An absurd impossibility
- wū乌tóu头bái白，，mǎ马shēng生jué角An impossibility; something that will never happen
- wū乌tóu头mǎ马jiǎo角something utterly impossible
- wū乌mào帽hóng红qún裙men and women in general
- wū乌yǒu有xiān先shēng生a fictitious person or thing
- wū乌qī漆mò墨hēi黑pitch-dark
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What does 乌飞兔走 mean?
乌飞兔走 (wū fēi tù zǒu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies quickly”.
How do you pronounce 乌飞兔走?
乌飞兔走 is pronounced wū fēi tù zǒu in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 乌飞兔走 literally mean?
Literally, 乌飞兔走 means “the crow (sun) flies, the rabbit (moon) runs”. It is used to mean “Time flies quickly”.
What is the Chinese definition of 乌飞兔走?
乌：古代传说日中有三足乌，故称太阳为金乌；兔：古代传说中月中有玉兔，故称月亮为玉兔。形容光阴迅速流逝。