I think what he had in mind was the transience of business success .
我认为,他说这话时想的是事业成功的虚幻无常。
Our work is defined by its transience , often refined or replaced within a year or two .
我们的工作由互联网的短暂性所决定,经常在一年或者两年内重新定义或者替换。
A typical day for the nobles in heian kyo ( now kyoto ) might involve sitting beneath the plum blossoms and composing poems about how sad it was that something so beautiful should wither so quickly-a reminder of the transience of life .