stars shift and things change; passage of time
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
the stars shift and things change; time passes and the world changes
literaryLiterary idiom often used to express nostalgia or the passage of time. Variant of 物换星移.
Xīng星
yí移
wù物
huàn换
，
xī昔
rì日
fán繁
huá华
yǐ已
chéng成
wǎng往
shì事
。
Times have changed, and the former prosperity has become the past.
Huí回
dào到
jiā家
xiāng乡
，
xīng星
yí移
wù物
huàn换
，
wù物
shì是
rén人
fēi非
。
Returning to my hometown, the stars had shifted and things had changed; the scenery remained but the people were different.
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Xīng星
yí移
wù物
huàn换
，
zhuǎn转
yǎn眼
yǐ已
shì是
shí十
nián年
guò过
qù去
。
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.