impermanent
朝不保夕,朝生暮死,电光火石,朝三暮四
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- : not permanent or enduring; transitory.
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The laws of physics are the primary explanation for that natural tendency for things to be impermanent.
Fluxus artists sought to upend what art could be — making works that were impermanent, unfinished, participatory and event-based.
Observe them as impermanent mind events and not necessarily accurate.
American artist Pae White is fascinated with the idea of turning something transient and impermanent into something real.
It was not his fault if at first some extremely unsound and impermanent shanties were run up on the vacant site.
Professor Baker "tries in the light of historical practice to distinguish the permanent from the impermanent in technic."
In fact, it wasn't solid anything, being mostly of a very impermanent structure and style.
Under his protection Mrs. Vervain set up her impermanent household gods.
Gautama Buddha taught that everything corporeal is material and therefore impermanent.