过眼云烟 / 過眼雲煙

guò yǎn yún yān

Meaning

• ephemeral (idiom)

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Example sentences

• 说话就如过眼云烟，文字却能流传千古。

  說話就如過眼雲煙，文字卻能流傳千古。

  shuō huà jiù rú guò yǎn yún yān， wén zì què néng liú chuán qiān gǔ。

  Words are fleeting, but written words can endure for eternity.

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