似水流年 (ci5 seoi2 lau4 nin4) — time passes swiftly like flowing water in Cantonese
ciˏ₅似seoiˊ²水lauˎ₄流ninˎ₄年Mandarin Pinyin: shi4 shui3 liu2 nian2
Meaning of 似水流年
nountime passes swiftly like flowing water
nountime flies; time and tide wait for no man; youth slips away like flowing water
nounTime goes by fast, just like the swiftly water flow