thấm thoát

Thân thiện

Thời gian trôi đi thấm thoát.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Quickly, swiftly, in a flash: Describes the passage of time that feels rapid and unnoticed, often with a sense of surprise or nostalgia about how fast time has gone by.
   • Soon, before one knows it: Indicates that a period of time has elapsed or an event will occur surprisingly quickly.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Thấm thoát đã mười năm kể từ ngày chúng tôi gặp nhau. (Ten years have passed in a flash since the day we met.)
  • Thấm thoát mà con tôi đã đi học đại học. (Before I knew it, my child was already off to university.)
  • Thời gian trôi qua thấm thoát. (Time passes swiftly.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is almost exclusively used to comment on the rapid, often unnoticed, passage of time. It carries a poetic or reflective tone and is rarely used for physical speed.

Variants and Related Words

• Thấm thoắt (adv): A variant with identical meaning and usage.
  • Thấm thoắt một mùa xuân lại đến. (Spring has arrived again in the blink of an eye.)

Synonyms

• Quickly: at a fast speed.
• Swiftly: promptly and rapidly.
• In a flash: very quickly and suddenly.
• Before long: after a short time.

Related Idioms

• Thấm thoát thoi đưa: An idiom emphasizing the swift and relentless passage of time, like a shuttle flying on a loom.
  • Thấm thoát thoi đưa, mái tóc đã điểm bạc. (Time flies swiftly, and grey hairs have already appeared.)

Học thuật

adv

1. quickly soon