时过境迁
shí guò jìng qiān
Pinyin

Definition

时过境迁
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shí guò jìng qiān
  1. things change with the passage of time (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

境界
jìng jiè
  1. 1 boundary
  2. 2 state
  3. 3 realm
环境
huán jìng
  1. 1 environment
  2. 2 circumstances
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 ambient
仙境
xiān jìng
  1. 1 fairyland
  2. 2 wonderland
  3. 3 paradise
入境
rù jìng
  1. 1 to enter a country
出境
chū jìng
  1. 1 to leave a country or region
  2. 2 outbound (tourism)
困境
kùn jìng
  1. 1 predicament
  2. 2 plight
境
jìng
  1. 1 border
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 condition
  4. 4 boundary
  5. 5 circumstances
  6. 6 territory
境内
jìng nèi
  1. 1 within the borders
  2. 2 internal (to a country, province, city etc)
  3. 3 domestic
境地
jìng dì
  1. 1 circumstances
境外
jìng wài
  1. 1 outside (a country's) borders
境况
jìng kuàng
  1. 1 circumstances
境遇
jìng yù
  1. 1 circumstance
梦境
mèng jìng
  1. 1 dreamland
家境
jiā jìng
  1. 1 family financial situation
  2. 2 family circumstances
幻境
huàn jìng
  1. 1 land of fantasy
  2. 2 fairyland
心境
xīn jìng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 mental state
  3. 3 frame of mind
情境
qíng jìng
  1. 1 situation
  2. 2 context
  3. 3 setting
  4. 4 environment
意境
yì jìng
  1. 1 artistic mood or conception
  2. 2 creative concept
止境
zhǐ jìng
  1. 1 limit
  2. 2 boundary
  3. 3 end
绝境
jué jìng
  1. 1 desperate straits

Idioms (7)

事过境迁
shì guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
  2. 2 It is water under the bridge.
入境问俗
rù jìng wèn sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入境随俗
rù jìng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
学无止境
xué wú zhǐ jìng
  1. 1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
  2. 2 You live and learn.
时过境迁
shí guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 things change with the passage of time (idiom)
亲临其境
qīn lín qí jìng
  1. 1 to travel to a place personally (idiom)
身临其境
shēn lín qí jìng
  1. 1 (idiom) to experience it for oneself
  2. 2 to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)

Sample Sentences

是啊，当初觉得高考结果决定了未来的人生，但时过境迁才发现，人生又何尝是一次高考就能决定这么简单的。
shì a ，dāngchū juéde gāokǎo jiéguǒ juédìng le wèilái de rénshēng ，dàn shíguòjìngqiān cái fāxiàn ，rénshēng yòu hécháng shì yīcì gāokǎo jiù néng juédìng zhème jiǎndān de 。
Yeah, at first I thought that the results of the college entrance examination decided a person's future, but as things have changed over time, I realized that life is in no way simple enough for one college entrance exam to decide.
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