circumstances change with time
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
circumstances change with the passage of time; things are different now
Often used to express nostalgia or to indicate that a situation from the past no longer applies. Can carry a tone of melancholy or resignation.
Shí时
guò过
jìng境
qiān迁
，
dāng当
nián年
de的
hǎo好
péng朋
you友
rú如
jīn今
yǐ已
jīng经
gè各
bèn奔
dōng东
xī西
。
Times have changed, and the good friends from those days have now gone their separate ways.
Suī虽
rán然
shí时
guò过
jìng境
qiān迁
，
dàn但
wǒ我
duì对
tā他
de的
gǎn感
jī激
zhī之
qíng情
cóng从
wèi未
gǎi改
biàn变
。
Although times have changed, my gratitude toward him has never changed.
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Shí时
guò过
jìng境
qiān迁
，
zhè这
lǐ里
zǎo早
yǐ已
bù不
shì是
yuán原
lái来
de的
mú模
yàng样
le了
。
Times have changed, and this place no longer looks like it used to.