瞬息之间 shùn xī zhī jiān

DEFINITIONS

  1. in the wink of an eye
  2. in a flash

CHARACTERS

瞬 shùn wink, blink; in a wink, a flash
息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
间 jiān midpoint, space; place, locality