斗转星移
斗转星移
Dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
Traditional: 斗轉星移
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- lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved
- time flies
- also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
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Related Words
斗(Dǒu)— abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
→星移斗转(xīng yí Dǒu zhuǎn)— lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved
→吴用(Wú Yòng)— Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]
→罡(gāng)— stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
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