光陰飛似箭，水果飛似蕉。

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 光陰 guāngyīn time available
2 飛 fēi to fly
=3 似 shì used in 似的 shìde
=3 似 sì
  1. to seem
  2. to appear
  3. to resemble
  4. similar
  5. -like
  6. pseudo-
  7. (more) than
=3 似 sì old variant of 似 sì
4 箭 jiàn arrow

classifier: 支
5 水果 shuǐguǒ fruit

classifier: 個
6 飛 fēi to fly
=7 似 shì used in 似的 shìde
=7 似 sì
  1. to seem
  2. to appear
  3. to resemble
  4. similar
  5. -like
  6. pseudo-
  7. (more) than
=7 似 sì old variant of 似 sì
=8 蕉 jiāo banana
=8 蕉 qiáo see 蕉萃 qiáocuì