only a short while ago

only a short while ago

Once upon a time, it was a Chinese idiom, and Pinyin was C é NGJ ǐ h é sh í, which meant that it had not been long. It comes from "Jiean CI · new lotus leaf" by Zhao Yanduan of Song Dynasty and "Jisheng Shilang Wen" by Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty.

[explanation] Zeng: once; geometry: several, how many. How many times. It didn't take long.

[source] Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty wrote in the article of sacrificing Sheng Shi Lang: "if you fill the official position in Yangzhou, you will be grateful to the public. Once upon a time, obituaries came. "

[example] (20th century) in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many newspapers in Taiwan had literature and history editions But once upon a time, all these literary and historical editions were cut down. (Wang Chunyu, wind and rain, see Guangming Daily, July 13, 2000)

In a flash, in a twinkling of an eye

[antonym] in the long run

It's not long since the time passed

Examples

1. Shi ran said, "good, good! I'll make up my mind. " Once upon a time, Qin Hui was given the title of "fan Na Sui coin" in Jiangnan by secret, but he gave up his troops to support the people. (Xie Dieshan Ji, Volume I, commercial press, 1937)

2. Yang wo went to Xuanzhou (note): there was a time when Yang Wo attacked the throne, but he was blamed on a general of a state. His breadth was not enough for the people of the monarchy. (Sima Guang et al., Zizhitongjian, Vol. 265)

3. Zhou Lianggong of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the book of painting bamboo scroll by Feng Youjiang: "once upon a time, all gentlemen turned into foreign bodies, and both Yu and Youjiang were old and decadent."

4. They are all acquaintances of the Chinese people. They were invincible in our country at that time. Once upon a time, they are now reunited here. (sunset by Zhu Qiping, Ta Kung Pao, September 3, 1945)