光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn Time flies like an arrow

Explanation

光阴似箭，日月如梭，形容时间过得飞快。

Time flies like an arrow.

Origin Story

从前，在一个小山村里，住着一位名叫小年的老爷爷。小年老爷爷非常喜欢种花，他的花园里一年四季都开满了各种各样的花，美丽极了。春天来了，百花盛开，小年老爷爷每天都忙着给花浇水，施肥，修剪枝叶。时间一天天过去，小年老爷爷感觉时间过得飞快，就像一支射出去的箭一样，转眼间，春天就过去了，夏天来了。花园里的花儿也随着季节的变化而改变着，从春天鲜艳的色彩，到夏天热烈的颜色，变化万千。小年老爷爷看着这些变化，心里充满了喜悦。秋天到了，花园里的花儿逐渐凋谢，小年老爷爷并没有感到悲伤，因为他知道，来年春天，花园里还会开满更加美丽的花朵。小年老爷爷知道，时间总是在不经意间流逝，就像这飞逝的光阴，转眼间一年又过去了。时光荏苒，岁月如梭，小年老爷爷依然热爱生活，热爱他的花园，他的花园也始终陪伴着他。

cóng qián, zài yīgè xiǎo shān cūn lǐ, zhù zhe yī wèi míng jiào xiǎo nián de lǎo yé ye. xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye fēi cháng xǐ huan zhòng huā, tā de huā yuán lǐ yī nián sì jì dōu kāi mǎn le gè zhǒng gè yàng de huā, měi lì jí le. chūn tiān lái le, bǎi huā shèng kāi, xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye měi tiān dōu máng zhe gěi huā jiāo shuǐ, shī féi, xiū jiǎn zhī yè. shí jiān yī tiān tiān guò qù, xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye gǎn jué shí jiān guò de fēi kuài, jiù xiàng yī zhī shè chū qù de jiàn yī yàng, zhuǎn yǎn jiān, chūn tiān jiù guò qù le, xià tiān lái le. huā yuán lǐ de huā ér yě suí zhe jì jié de biàn huà ér gǎi biàn zhe, cóng chūn tiān xiān yàn de sè cǎi, dào xià tiān rè liè de yán sè, biàn huà wàn qiān. xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye kàn zhe zhè xiē biàn huà, xīn lǐ chōng mǎn le xǐ yuè. qiū tiān dào le, huā yuán lǐ de huā ér zhú jiàn diāo xiè, xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye bìng méi yǒu gǎn dào bēi shāng, yīn wèi tā zhī dào, lái nián chūn tiān, huā yuán lǐ hái huì kāi mǎn gèng jiā měi lì de huā duǒ. xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye zhī dào, shí jiān zǒng shì zài bù jīng yì jiān liú shì, jiù xiàng zhè fēi shì de guāng yīn, zhuǎn yǎn jiān yī nián yòu guò qù le. shí guāng rěn rǎn, suì yuè rú suō, xiǎo nián lǎo yé ye yī rán rè ài shēng huó, rè ài tā de huā yuán, tā de huā yuán yě shǐ zhōng péi bàn zhe tā.

Once upon a time, in a small mountain village, there lived an old gentleman named Xiao Nian. Old Mr. Xiao Nian loved to grow flowers. His garden was full of various flowers in all four seasons, which was beautiful. When spring came, the flowers bloomed in full bloom. Old Mr. Xiao Nian spent every day watering the flowers, fertilizing, and pruning the branches and leaves. Day by day, time passed, and Old Mr. Xiao Nian felt that time passed very quickly, like an arrow shot out. In a blink of an eye, spring was gone, and summer came. The flowers in the garden also changed with the seasons, from the bright colors of spring to the passionate colors of summer, changing endlessly. Old Mr. Xiao Nian looked at these changes and his heart was filled with joy. Autumn arrived, and the flowers in the garden gradually withered. Old Mr. Xiao Nian didn’t feel sad because he knew that next spring, his garden would be full of even more beautiful flowers. Old Mr. Xiao Nian knew that time always slips away inadvertently, like the fleeting time, and in the blink of an eye, another year has passed. Time flies and years fly by. Old Mr. Xiao Nian still loves life and his garden, and his garden has always accompanied him.

Usage

形容时间过得飞快。常用于感叹时间流逝之快。

xiáoshù shíjiān guò de fēikuài

Describes how fast time passes. Often used to exclaim how quickly time passes.

Examples

• 光阴似箭，日月如梭，转眼间我已经大学毕业了。

  guāng yīn sì jiàn, rì yuè rú suō, zhuǎn yǎn jiān wǒ yǐ jīng dà xué bì yè le.

  Time flies like an arrow; the years are like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, I have graduated from college.

• 时间过得真快啊，光阴似箭，一转眼孩子都长大了。

  shí jiān guò de zhēn kuài a, guāng yīn sì jiàn, yī zhuǎn yǎn hái zi dōu zhǎng dà le

  Time flies, and before you know it, the children have grown up.

Related Idioms

• 日月如梭

• 白驹过隙

Opposite Idioms

• 度日如年