遷 qiān

move, shift, change; transfer

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge.
他遷 tā qiān to relocate; to move elsewhere
再遷 zài qiān to promote again; reappointed
升遷 shēng qiān promote; promotion
史景遷 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
司馬遷 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
喬遷 qiáo qiān to move (to a superior place); promotion
喬遷之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
安土重遷 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
宿遷 sù qiān Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
宿遷市 sù qiān shì Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
情隨事遷 qíng suí shì qiān feelings change with circumstances (idiom)
拆遷 chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
搬遷 bān qiān to move; to relocate; removal
搬遷戶 bān qiān hù relocated household; unit that has moved
時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom)
民族大遷徙 mín zú dà qiān xǐ great migration of peoples
網絡遷移 wǎng luò qiān yí network migration
見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty; never satisfied with what one has
調遷 diào qiān to transfer; to move; to shift
變遷 biàn qiān changes; vicissitudes
超遷 chāo qiān (literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time; to be promoted ahead of time
躍遷 yuè qiān transition; jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy)
遷入 qiān rù to move in (to new lodging)
遷安 qiān ān Qian'an county level city in Tangshan 唐山[Tang2 shan1], Hebei
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