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