短暂 meaning in English

duǎnzàn

of short duration; brief; momentary

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 短暫24 strokes

Meaning of 短暂

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duǎnzàn

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人rén们men常cháng说shuō生shēng命mìng短duǎn暂zàn。

They often say that life is short.

人rén生shēng十shí分fēn短duǎn暂zàn，我wǒ们men不bù应yīng该gāi浪làng费fèi时shí间jiān。

Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.

人rén生shēng十shí分fēn短duǎn暂zàn。

Life is very short.

人rén生shēng短duǎn暂zàn，用yòng来lái担dān心xīn这zhè种zhǒng事shì情qíng，实shí在zài太tài浪làng费fèi了le。

Life is too short to worry about things like that.

谎huǎng言yán像xiàng一yī朵duǒ盛shèng开kāi的de鲜xiān花huā，外wài表biǎo美měi丽lì，生shēng命mìng短duǎn暂zàn。

A lie is like a flower in full bloom. It may look pretty, but it wilts quickly.

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Words that share a character with 短暂.

短信	duǎnxìn	text message; SMS
短裤	duǎnkù	short pants; shorts
短期	duǎnqī	short-term
短处	duǎnchù	shortcoming; defect
缩短	suōduǎn	to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
暂时	zànshí	temporary; provisional; for the time being
暂停	zàntíng	to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
短片	duǎnpiàn	short film; video clip
长短	chángduǎn	length; accident; mishap
简短	jiǎnduǎn	brief (statement, summary etc); briefly
短缺	duǎnquē	shortage
一长一短	yī cháng yī duǎn	(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded

What does 短暂 mean?

短暂 (duǎnzàn) means "of short duration; brief; momentary" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 短暂?

短暂 is made of 2 characters: 短 (12 strokes), 暂 (12 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 短暂 an HSK word?

Yes. 短暂 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 短暂 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 短暂 is written 短暫.