风驰电掣

fēng chí diàn chè

swift as the wind and lightning

Character by character

风fēng
wind

驰chí
gallop

电diàn
lightning

掣chè
flash

一辆摩托车风驰电掣地从我身边开了过去。

A motorbike shot past me like lightning.

Tone: neutral.

Of horses, cars, trains and anything that flashes past; usually adverbial with 地, or after 起来. 掣 is chè.

Learn this in Lesson 95 · HSK 6–7: 元朝：马背上的帝国 (The Yuan: an empire on horseback)

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