一弹指顷

Traditional form:

一彈指頃

Pinyin (reading):

yītánzhǐqǐng

Definitions:

• a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
• in the twinkling of an eye

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 弹 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 顷 - a moment; a unit of area equal to 100 mu

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 彈 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 頃 - a moment; a unit of area equal to 100 mu