潜移

Traditional form:

潛移

Pinyin (reading):

qiányí

Definitions:

• intangible changes
• unnoticed transformation
• changes behind the scenes

Characters:

• 潜 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden
• 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift

Traditional characters:

• 潛 - to hide; secret, latent, hidden
• 移 - to shift, to move about, to drift