The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge.
trad. 事過境遷
Also written 事過境遷【shì guò jìng qiān】
Characters in this word
4事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
境
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border, place, condition, boundary, circumstances, territory
- Pinyin
- jìng
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 47532 of 2500
迁
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to move, to shift, to change (a position or location etc), to promote
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Traditional
- 遷
- Strokes
- 6