三十年河東，三十年河西
sān​shí​nián​hé​dōng​sān​shí​nián​hé​xī

change is the only constant

  • created sense approved 三十年河东，三十年河西/三十年河東，三十年河西 · sān​shí​nián​hé​dōng​sān​shí​nián​hé​xī · change is the only constant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三十年河东，三十年河西 / 三十年河東，三十年河西

    sān​shí​nián​hé​dōng​sān​shí​nián​hé​xī

    change is the only constant

    (proverb) the river flows thirty years to the east and thirty years to the west; used to describe the ever-changing nature of the world where fortunes rise and fall over time

    三十 (literal) → 三十 · sān​shí · thirty 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 河东 (literal) → 河东/河東 · hé​dōng · Hedong ， (non_chinese) 三十 (literal) → 三十 · sān​shí · thirty 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 河西 (literal) → 河西 · hé​xī · Hexi

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense