物是人非
wù​shì​rén​fēi

things remain but people change

  • created sense approved 物是人非 · wù​shì​rén​fēi · things remain but people change — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物是人非

    wù​shì​rén​fēi

    things remain but people change

    (idiom) the scenery and objects remain the same, but the people have changed; often used to express nostalgia for old friends or the feeling that times have changed after a long absence

    物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · correct 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 非 (literal) → 非 · fēi · wrong

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

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