事过境迁
shì​guò​jìng​qiān

circumstances change with time

  • created sense approved 事过境迁/事過境遷 · shì​guò​jìng​qiān · circumstances change with time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事过境迁 / 事過境遷

    shì​guò​jìng​qiān

    circumstances change with time

    the matter is in the past and the situation has changed; water under the bridge

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to cross 境 (literal) → 境 · jìng · circumstances 迁 (literal) → 迁/遷 · qiān · to change

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

    created sense