見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān

fickle; change as soon as you see new things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty
  2. 2. never satisfied with what one has

Characters

Character Meaning
見 jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
異 yì
different; strange; unusual
思 sī HSK 2
to think; to consider
遷 qiān
to move; to change (a position or location etc); to shift