瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
Pinyin

Definition

瞬息万变
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shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
瞬间
shùn jiān
  1. 1 in an instant
  2. 2 in a flash
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
气息
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
窒息
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
转瞬
zhuǎn shùn
  1. 1 in the twinkling of an eye
  2. 2 in a flash
  3. 3 to turn one's eyes
一瞬
yī shùn
  1. 1 one instant
  2. 2 very short time
  3. 3 the twinkle of an eye
一瞬间
yī shùn jiān
  1. 1 split second
不息
bù xī
  1. 1 continually
  2. 2 without a break
  3. 3 ceaselessly
休息室
xiū xī shì
  1. 1 lobby
  2. 2 lounge
休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī
  1. 1 to recover
  2. 2 to recuperate
低息
dī xī
  1. 1 low-interest
信息化
xìn xī huà
  1. 1 informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
信息学
xìn xī xué
  1. 1 information science
信息素
xìn xī sù
  1. 1 pheromone

Idioms (12)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
目不转瞬
mù bù zhuǎn shùn
  1. 1 gazing fixedly (idiom)
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life

Sample Sentences

是啊。我始终觉得股市瞬息万变，一般人难以预测。上次我妈投资的一支股票就跌停板了，让我们都跟着她郁闷了好几天。
shì ā 。wǒ shǐzhōng juéde gǔshì shùnxīwànbiàn ，yībānrén nányǐ yùcè 。shàngcì wǒ mā tóuzī de yī zhī gǔpiào jiù diētíngbǎn le ，ràng wǒmen dōu gēn zhe tā yùmèn le hǎojǐ tiān 。
Yeah. I always feel that the stock market can change a lot in the wink of an eye. It's generally really hard for people to predict. Last time, a stock my mom invested in fell to rock bottom. We were all depressed with her for many days.
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