xīng
huàn

idiom
literary

Meaning of 星移物换

星移物换 means the stars shift and things change; time passes and the world changes. Pronounced xīng yí wù huàn.

  • the stars shift and things change; time passes and the world changes

Definitions & Examples

Xīng
huàn
 
fán
huá
chéng
wǎng
shì
 

Times have changed, and the former prosperity has become the past.

Huí
dào
jiā
xiāng
 
xīng
huàn
 
shì
rén
fēi
 

Returning to my hometown, the stars had shifted and things had changed; the scenery remained but the people were different.

Xīng
huàn
 
zhuǎn
yǎn
shì
shí
nián
guò
 

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.