出谷遷喬
chū​gǔ​qiān​qiáo

to move to a better place

  • created reference approved 出谷迁乔/出谷遷喬 → 乔迁之喜/喬遷之喜 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出谷迁乔 / 出谷遷喬 chū​gǔ​qiān​qiáo

    乔迁之喜 / 喬遷之喜 qiáo​qiān​zhī​xǐ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 出谷迁乔/出谷遷喬 · chū​gǔ​qiān​qiáo · to move to a better place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出谷迁乔 / 出谷遷喬

    chū​gǔ​qiān​qiáo

    to move to a better place

    Literally "to leave the valley and move to the tall tree"; a literary expression used to congratulate someone on moving to a new home or receiving a promotion.

    出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 谷 (literal) → 谷 · gǔ · valley 迁 (literal) → 迁/遷 · qiān · to move 乔 (literal) → 乔/喬 · qiáo · tall

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

    created sense