Time flies, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.

Pinyin: guāngyīns Jian, rü yu rú su

Interpretation: Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, as fast as a shuttle on a textile machine. Metaphor time flies quickly.

This is a Chinese vocabulary, and there are two metaphors in these two sentences, that is, comparing time to "arrow" and "shuttle", because the arrow shot out is fast, and the shuttle used for knitting is also fast. These two objective things are used to illustrate the fleeting time and are often used to persuade people to cherish every moment.

Sentence: Time flies, the sun and the moon fly, we have been apart for three years.

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Idiom with similar meaning: blink of an eye

Words: in the blink of an eye

Pinyin: Pinyin

Interpretation: Metaphorically, time is like a small white horse running in front of a tiny gap. Describe how time flies.

Source: "Zhuangzi Zhibei Tour": "If there is a gap between heaven and earth, it will be sudden." "In a blink of an eye, the sun and the moon shuttled, only to see the plum blossoms, and the weather returned to the sun early." Ming Lanling smiled and gave birth to the second edition of Jin Ping Mei.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-In the blink of an eye