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時過境遷

简时过境迁 · 繁時過境遷

Mandarin · pinyin shí guò jìng qiān

things change with the passage of time (idiom)

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時: shí · time, season; era, age, period
過: guò · pass, pass through, go across
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
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时: shí · time, season; era, age, period
过: guò · pass, pass through, go across
迁: qiān · move, shift, change; transfer; relocate a capital city

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2–4–4–1 · shi2 guo4 jing4 qian1

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si4 gwo3 ging2 cin1

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(idiomatic) things change with the passage of time

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