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日月如梭 — “Time flies”

日月如梭 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies”. Time passes quickly, like the sun and moon moving rapidly. Literally, “The sun and moon like a shuttle”.

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日月如梭 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • 日rì
  • 月yuè
  • 如rú
  • 梭suō

日月如梭 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
日
rì4sun, day, Japan
月
yuè4moon or month
如
rú6like, as, if
梭
suō11shuttle back and forth

Example Sentence with 日月如梭

光阴似箭,日月如梭,转眼间十年过去了,孩子们都长大了。
Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and the children have all grown up.

Idioms Related to 日月如梭

Synonyms of 日月如梭

  • guāng光yīn阴sì似jiàn箭time flies like an arrow

Antonyms of 日月如梭

  • dù度rì日rú如nián年days drag on like years

More idioms starting with 日

  • rì日shàng上sān三gān竿It's late morning, time to get up
  • rì日xià下wú无shuāng双Unparalleled in the capital
  • rì日bù不wǒ我yǔ与Time waits for no one
  • rì日bù不xiá暇jǐ给too busy to spare time
  • rì日bù不yí移yǐng影in an instant
  • rì日bù不yí移guǐ晷in an instant
  • rì日dōng东yuè月xī西separated by a great distance
  • rì日zhōng中wéi为shì市market at noon
  • rì日zhōng中zé则zè昃What goes up must come down
  • rì日zhōng中zé则zè昃,,yuè月mǎn满zé则kuī亏What goes up must come down
  • rì日zhōng中zé则zè昃,,yuè月yíng盈zé则shí食Things decline after reaching their peak
  • rì日zhōng中zé则yí移at peak, things decline

Questions about 日月如梭

What does 日月如梭 mean?
日月如梭 (rì yuè rú suō) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Time flies”.
How do you pronounce 日月如梭?
日月如梭 is pronounced rì yuè rú suō in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 日月如梭 literally mean?
Literally, 日月如梭 means “the sun and moon like a shuttle”. It is used to mean “Time flies”.
What is the Chinese definition of 日月如梭?
梭:织布时牵引纬线的工具。太阳和月亮象穿梭一样地来去。形容时间过得很快。
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