過眼雲煙

过眼云烟
guòyǎnyúnyān
ephemeral (idiom)

CEDICT

something as transient as clouds and mist

Wiktionary

比喻事物消逝極快，不留痕跡。《二刻拍案驚奇．卷一九》：「盡道是用不盡的金銀，享不完的福祿了。誰知過眼煙雲，容易消歇。」也作「過眼煙雲」、「煙雲過眼」、「雲煙過眼」。

重編國語辭典

比喻事物消逝極快，不留痕跡

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=1 過 guo (experienced action marker)
2 眼 yǎn
  1. (often used with 一 yī) a look; a glance
  2. small hole
  3. (bound form) salient point
  4. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

classifiers: 隻, 雙
3 雲煙 yúnyān mist; clouds; smoke

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