彈指之間

a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant / in a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye

(idiom) in a flash; instantly

crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye

to snap one's fingers / (fig.) in a flash; in an instant

finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end

(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