迁 qiān

move, shift, change; transfer; relocate a capital city

HSK 6 #1630

DEFINITIONS

  • move, shift, change
  • transfer
  • relocate a capital city
  • to move
  • to shift
  • to change (a position or location etc)
  • to promote

STROKES

WORDS

迁徙 qiān xǐ
HSK 6
to migrate; to move
迁就 qiān jiù
HSK 6
to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth)
变迁 biàn qiān
HSK 6
changes; vicissitudes
升迁 shēng qiān promote; promotion
乔迁 qiáo qiān to move (to a superior place); promotion
迁移 qiān yí to migrate; to move
搬迁 bān qiān to move; to relocate; removal
迁怒 qiān nù to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
时过境迁 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)
拆迁 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
乔迁之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
迁居 qiān jū to move (from one residence to another)
迁入 qiān rù to move in (to new lodging)
事过境迁 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge.
见异思迁 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty; never satisfied with what one has
司马迁 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
他迁 tā qiān to relocate; to move elsewhere
再迁 zài qiān to promote again; reappointed
史景迁 shǐ jǐng qiān Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The search for modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国
安土重迁 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long; to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it
宿迁 sù qiān Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
宿迁市 sù qiān shì Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
情随事迁 qíng suí shì qiān feelings change with circumstances (idiom)
搬迁户 bān qiān hù relocated household; unit that has moved
民族大迁徙 mín zú dà qiān xǐ great migration of peoples
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