chớp nhoáng
Adjective:
- Extremely fast, happening in a very short time: "chớp nhoáng" describes an action or event that occurs with great speed, almost instantaneously, like a flash of lightning.
- Lightning-fast, blink-and-you'll-miss-it: It emphasizes brevity and suddenness.
Adverb:
- In a flash, in the blink of an eye: Used to modify a verb, indicating that the action was performed with extreme speed.
As an Adjective:
- Cuộc tấn công chớp nhoáng đã làm đối phương bất ngờ. (The lightning-fast attack surprised the enemy.)
- Đó là một cuộc gặp gỡ chớp nhoáng. (That was a whirlwind meeting.)
As an Adverb:
- Cô ấy biến mất trong chớp nhoáng. (She disappeared in the blink of an eye.)
- Anh ấy trả lời chớp nhoáng. (He answered in a flash.)
"trong chớp nhoáng": This is a very common adverbial phrase meaning "in an instant," "in a split second," or "in the twinkling of an eye."
- Mọi thứ kết thúc trong chớp nhoáng. (Everything ended in an instant.)
The word is often used in military or strategic contexts to describe rapid, decisive actions, but it is equally common in everyday language.
Chớp (n): Lightning. This is the root word, referring to the natural phenomenon.
- Trời đầy chớp. (The sky is full of lightning.)
Nhoáng (This word is almost exclusively used in the compound "chớp nhoáng" to reinforce the meaning of a fleeting, flashing moment).
- Nhanh như chớp: As fast as lightning (idiomatic).
- Thoáng qua: Fleeting, passing by quickly.
- Tức thì: Immediate, instantaneous.
Nhanh như chớp: This idiom is a direct synonym, meaning "as fast as lightning."
- Cậu ấy chạy nhanh như chớp. (He runs as fast as lightning.)
While "chớp nhoáng" itself is not typically part of longer idioms, it functions as a key descriptive term for speed within various expressions.
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Like lightning, with lightning speed
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đánh chớp nhoángto mount lightning attacks
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trong chớp nhoángin a wink
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trong chớp nhoáng, mọi người đã sẵn sàngeveryone was ready in a wink
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