昙花一现
Traditional form:
曇花一現
Pinyin (reading):
tánhuāyīxiàn
Definitions:
- lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
- flash in the pan (idiom)
- short-lived
Characters:
- 昙 - cloudy, overcast
- 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 现 - to appear, to manifest; current, now
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