Simplified display

光阴荏苒

guāng yīn rěn rǎn

Definitions

1. How time flies! (idiom)

Child Words of 光阴荏苒

• 光 光 guāng: light
• 阴 阴 yīn: overcast (weather)
• 光阴 光阴 guāng yīn: time available
• 苒 苒 rǎn: luxuriant growth
• 荏 荏 rěn: beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)
• 荏苒 荏苒 rěn rǎn: (literary) (of time) to slip away