瞬息之间

in the wink of an eye / in a flash

to wink

in a flash / twinkling / ephemeral

breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

between / among / inter-

(after a noun) between; among; amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])

between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent