潜移默化
Traditional form:
潛移默化
Pinyin (reading):
qiányímòhuà
Definitions:
- imperceptible influence
- to influence secretly
Characters:
- 潜 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden
- 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift
- 默 - silent; quiet, still; dark
- 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
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