汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 昙花一现
昙花一现 (曇花一現)
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
昙花 That is, Youtanbahua, the opening time is very short / Metaphorically beautiful things or scenes appear for a while and disappear quickly
昙花开放时间很短,比喻人或事物刚出现就消失历史上的许多人都不过是昙花一现而已。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

文艺的潮流总是昙花一现

Fashions in art and literature come and go.

事实证明,说唱音乐并不是昙花一现

Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad.

他不过是个昙花一现的影星。

He is just a meteoric film star.

佩贾的发挥是昙花一现还是返老还童?

Peja is to play the youthful vigor or a flash in the pan?

然而,一个公开、和谐的董事会常常只是昙花一现

But an open, harmonious board is not always on offer.

他是写出了一部佳作,可是那只是昙花一现

He did write a wonderful book, but it was just a flash in the pan.

还是这种储蓄的热潮只不过是昙花一现呢?

Or is saving just a passing fancy?

这种设计,双人扶手椅的变体以及少量的填充物,在法国昙花一现

This design, a variant on the double armchair style and just as lightly padded, was short-lived in France.

纵观古今、中外,但凡叱诧风云、实力雄厚的大中企业,如果没用诚实、守信的商业理念及管理体系,都只会是昙花一现

To take a panoramic view from ancient times to present society, in and aboard, all the heavy powerful enterprises without honesty commercial concept, will rapidly disappeared.

殊不知,那样的爱情也是短暂的,昙花一现,随着电视屏幕的落幕,精彩的无与伦比的爱情也随之消失。

As everyone knows, that kind of love is also a short-lived, short-lived, with the TV screen over, wonderful love has disappeared unparalleled.