| 时过境迁 |
shí guò jìng qiān |
things change with the passage of time (idiom) |
| 时 |
shí |
old variant of 时 |
| 时 |
Shí |
surname Shi |
| 时 |
shí |
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 过境 |
guò jìng |
to pass through a country's territory / transit |
| 境 |
jìng |
border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory |
| 迁 |
qiān |
to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote |