潜移默化
qián​yí​mò​huà HSK7

to influence imperceptibly

潜移默化 潛移默化 qián​yí​mò​huà
to influence imperceptibly
To exert a hidden or unobtrusive influence such that a person's character or habits change over time without them realizing it; often contrasted with 耳濡目染 ěr​rú​mù​rǎn which focuses on the sensory exposure rather than the internal change.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
0.210 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.33 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)