只要把時鐘丟出窗外,你就可以知道甚麼叫做「時光飛逝」了。

Defenestrate your clock to see how time flies.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 只要 zhǐyào so long as; provided; if
=2
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: + {noun} + {verb})
=2 handle
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (pá, “to scratch”)
3 時鐘 shízhōng clock
4 diū
  1. to lose
  2. to put aside
  3. to throw
=5 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=5 chū variant of chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
6 窗外 chuāngwài outside a window
=7 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=7 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
8 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
9 可以
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
10 知道 zhīdào
  1. to know; to become aware of
  2. also pr. zhīdao
=11 shén variant of shén
=11 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=12 exclamatory final particle
=12 ma interrogative final particle
=12 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什么 shénme, what?, indefinite 这么 zhème thus, etc
=12
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
13 叫做 jiàozuò to be called; to be known as
14 時光 shíguāng
  1. time
  2. era
  3. period of time
15 飛逝 fēishì
  1. (of time) to pass quickly
  2. to be fleeting
=16 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=16 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=16 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=16 liào unofficial variant of liào