也就一眨巴眼的工夫了
“just like that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you guys could go from having shows to having none”
也就 一眨巴眼 的工夫了
“just like that.”
花姨 你们先吃啊
“Aunt Hua, you guys eat first.”
“Time flew by so fast, and before we knew it, our careers were over.”
Traditional Chinese opera performers often experience deep shared grief over the rapid decline of their industry in the modern era.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the blink of an eye; in a split second
A highly colloquial Northern Chinese idiom used to describe how rapidly time passes or events occur.
only; merely
Used before time or quantity to minimize it, emphasizing brevity or insignificance.
Indicates a newly realized state or change, reinforcing the finality and passage of time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You grew up in the blink of an eye.”
“Six years have passed in a blink of an eye.”
“In the blink of an eye,”
“it'll only take him the blink of an eye.”
“all grown up in the blink of an eye.”