What do you mean by the passage of time?

Over the years, in the Chinese Dictionary edited by Mr. li jinxi, its definition is: "refers to one year later." However, in ancient books and poems, in addition to the basic and common meaning of "one year later", sometimes it means less than one year, sometimes it means more than one year but less than two years, and sometimes it means many years or several years (depending on the context).

Time flies, from The Peony Pavilion Dream, interpretation:

1. Time flies.

In the past, fortune tellers called people a year's luck.

Chinese New Year, Interpretation: Youth. Refers to youth.

Source: Don Li Shangyin's Jinse: "I wonder why my Jinse has fifty strings, each of which has a flowery interval, representing youth."

There are twenty-five strings in Thuben, but this poem was written after Li Shangyin's wife died, so fifty strings have the meaning of broken strings, but even so, every string and syllable of it is enough to express the yearning for that wonderful time.

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Related idioms:

This past year is a China idiom, go: leave; C: Check it again. It will be many years since my old friend left (combined with the context, Yulinling is a farewell word, so here is not nostalgia for the past, but sadness for the future, and that was a good time, so I have no intention to appreciate it).

Time flies like water. Time flies: time. Describe that time is gone forever. The tenth poem "Peony Pavilion" by the ancestors of Tang Ming Dynasty: "Beauty for you, like water passing by.

Bad time, China idiom; Interpretation: fleeting time: fortune tellers used to call it "luck" in a year; Pro: Geely. Refers to a person who has been in an unfortunate state for many years. This is called bad luck. Source: Feng Ming magnum "Awakening the World, Du Zichun's Three Visits to Chang 'an": "I think my time is not good, so I didn't enjoy myself, even so. "

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingnian