Meaning of zhǎ yǎn:
zhǎ yǎn
眨眼
Verb
to blink; to wink
Tā bù tíng de zhǎyǎn, hǎoxiàng yǒu shé me wèntí.
他不停地眨眼，好像有什么问题。
He keeps blinking as if something is wrong.
Tā duì wǒ zhǎyǎn shìyì tā yǒu huà yào shuō.
他对我眨眼示意她有话要说。
He winked at me to indicate that she had something to say.
Adverb
in the twinkling of an eye
Tā pǎo de fēicháng kuài, zhuǎnyǎn zhī jiān jiù dào le, zhēn shì zhǎ yǎn de gōngfu.
他跑得非常快，转眼之间就到了，真是眨眼的功夫。
He ran very fast and arrived in an instant, it was indeed in the twinkling of an eye.
