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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 事过境迁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān - The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
- It is water under the bridge.

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 46,336 69,859 41,601

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
guō- surname Guo
guò- to cross
- to go over
- to pass (time)
- to celebrate (a holiday)
- to live
- to get along
- excessively
- too-
guo- (experienced action marker)
jìng- border
- place
- condition
- boundary
- circumstances
- territory
qiān- to move
- to shift
- to change (a position or location etc)
- to promote

Other Words Containing 事过境迁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
事过境迁 - - 46,336 69,859 41,601