荏苒

Traditional form:

荏苒

Pinyin (reading):

rěnrǎn

Definitions:

• (literary) (of time) to slip away

Characters:

• 荏 - herb, mint; soft, pliable
• 苒 - lush, luxuriant; ordered, sequential; the passage of time

Traditional characters:

• 荏 - herb, mint; soft, pliable
• 苒 - lush, luxuriant; ordered, sequential; the passage of time