一下子

yī xià zi · yi xia zi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. in a short while
  2. all at once
  3. all of a sudden

In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)之(zhī)间(jiān)我(wǒ)忘(wàng)了(le)她(tā)的(de)名(míng)字(zi)了(le)。

For a moment I forgot what her name was.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by tomkun01 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)说(shuō)法(fǎ)一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)就(jiù)流(liú)行(xíng)开(kāi)来(lái)了(le)。

This saying suddenly became popular.

Tatoeba: Chinese by grahambond · English by grahambond · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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