斗转星移
Traditional form:
斗轉星移
Pinyin (reading):
Dǒuzhuǎnxīngyí
Definitions:
- lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 ( Běidǒuxīng) has turned and the stars have moved
- time flies
- also written 星移斗轉／星移斗转 (xīngyí Dǒuzhuǎn)
Characters:
- 斗 - to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 转 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
- 星 - star, planet; a point of light
- 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift
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