1, the specific source is chapter 12 of the Analects of Confucius, and the original text is: "The sun and the moon have no light, and time waits for no one." According to the later evolution and use, the commonly used idiom "Time flies" was formed to describe the meaning that time flies quickly and irretrievably.
2. This sentence was originally said by Xia Zi, a disciple of Confucius, which means that time waits for no one, the sun and the moon do not stay, and time flies irreversibly. This idiom is often used to express the fleeting time and the shortness of life, reminding people to cherish time and act in time, and not to waste time or miss opportunities.
3. Noun explanation
1) Time flies r ě n ě rn: Unconsciously, (time) gradually passed.
2) Time goes by rì yuè rú su: a tool for drawing weft when knitting. The sun and the moon come and go like a shuttle. Describe the time quickly.
4. Usage:
1) Time flies, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.
2) Example:
Time flies, the sun and the moon fly, and it has been five years in a blink of an eye.
Time flies, the sun and the moon fly, and life is too short to cherish.
Related idioms
In any case, suddenly, as always, lifelike, in full swing, changing with each passing day, all the best, carrying forward, in their proper place, aboveboard, knowing everything like the palm of their hand, anxious, day and night, and so on, satisfied, relieved, broad daylight, increasing day by day, thriving day by day, exactly the same, feel at home.