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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-kò-kéng-chhian

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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 t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

事過境遷

1. 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)