事過境遷

See also: 事过境迁

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	to move; to shift
trad. (事過境遷)		事	過	境	遷
simp. (事过境迁)		事	过	境	迁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìguòjìngqiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ gwo³ ging² cin¹
Min Nan (POJ): sū-kò-kéng-chhian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìguòjìngqiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhguòjìngcian
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-kuo⁴-ching⁴-chʻien¹
  - Yale: shr̀-gwò-jìng-chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhguohjinqchian
  - Palladius: шигоцзинцянь (šigoczincjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ gwo³ ging² cin¹
  - Yale: sih gwo gíng chīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ gwo³ ging² tsin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ guo³ ging² qin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² kʷɔː³³ kɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kò-kéng-chhian
  - Tâi-lô: sū-kò-kíng-tshian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxkoirkefngchiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ ko²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

事過境遷

the issue is in the past and the situation has changed; things change with the passage of time

Synonyms

時過境遷／时过境迁 (shíguòjìngqiān)

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