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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 时过境迁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān - things change with the passage of time (idiom)

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
- - 25,670 37,490 22,650

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period
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 时过境迁

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
时过境迁 - - 25,670 37,490 22,650