(adj) lasting a very short time, Syn. short-lived, transitory, passing, fugacious, transient, Example:the ephemeral joys of childhood; a passing fancy; youth's transient beauty; love is transitory but it is eternal; fugacious blossoms
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. [ 1913 Webster ]
[大东亚共荣圈 / 大東亞共榮圈, Dà Dōng Yà gòng róng quānㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄢ] Great East Asia co-prosperity sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938, See Also: 近衛文麿, 近卫文麿
[蟪蛄不知春秋, huì gū bù zhī chūn qiūㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ] lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture