一眨眼

yīzhǎyǎn
in a wink

CEDICT

in the blink of an eye

Wiktionary

眼皮一開一合。比喻時間很短。

重編國語辭典

眼皮一開一閉。形容極短的時間。

維基詞典

Examples

它發生在一眨眼之間。

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Source: Tatoeba

消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。

The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 眨眼 zhǎyǎn
  1. to blink
  2. to wink
  3. in the twinkling of an eye