But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.
消逝
to fade away
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Meaning and common use
to fade away
How 消逝 actually appears in real sentences.
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Words that keep company with 消逝.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 消逝.
Directly before
- 在消逝2
- 有消逝1
- 悲伤消逝1
Directly after
- 消逝的1
- 消逝吧1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 消逝
What does 消逝 mean in Chinese?
消逝 (xiāoshì) means to fade away.
How do you pronounce 消逝?
消逝 is pronounced xiāoshì.
Is 消逝 an HSK word?
消逝 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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