DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

歲月流逝

简岁月流逝 · 繁歲月流逝

Mandarin · pinyin suì yuè liú shì

as time goes by (idiom)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

歲: suì · year; age; harvest
月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
逝: shì · pass away; die
岁: suì · year; age; harvest

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2–4 · sui4 yue4 liu2 shi4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

歲月流逝 · find source passages ↗ · 岁月流逝 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗