Time flies.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
飞逝
(of time) to pass quickly
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(of time) to pass quickly
02
to be fleeting
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 飞逝 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 飞逝 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Time flies.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 飞逝.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 飞逝.
Directly before
- 时间飞逝2
- 时光飞逝2
- 光阴飞逝1
Directly after
- 飞逝如箭1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 飞逝
What does 飞逝 mean in Chinese?
飞逝 (fēishì) means (of time) to pass quickly.
How do you pronounce 飞逝?
飞逝 is pronounced fēishì.
Is 飞逝 an HSK word?
飞逝 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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