眨眼

眨眼 zhǎyǎn in a sentence

Wink (very short period of time - blink - winkling)

Full dictionary entry 2 sentences

眨眼 (zhǎyǎn) means Wink (very short period of time - blink - winkling). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

一 眨眼 ,一年就过去了。

Yì zhǎ yǎn, yì nián jiù guòqù le.

In the blink of an eye a year had gone by.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眨

他眨了 眨眼 睛,好像不太相信。

Tā zhǎ le zhǎ yǎnjing, hǎoxiàng bú tài xiāngxìn.

He blinked as if he could hardly believe it.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眨

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How is 眨眼 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn, "Wink (very short period of time - blink - winkling)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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