qiān

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Definitions

  1. 1. to move
  2. 2. to shift
  3. 3. to change (a position or location etc)
  4. 4. to promote

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 迁

拆迁
chāi qiān

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

搬迁
bān qiān

to move

变迁
biàn qiān

changes

迁就
qiān jiù

to yield

迁徙
qiān xǐ

to migrate

迁移
qiān yí

to migrate

事过境迁
shì guò jìng qiān

The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).

他迁
tā qiān

to relocate

再迁
zài qiān

to promote again

升迁
shēng qiān

to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department

史景迁
shǐ jǐng qiān

Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[zhuī xún xiàn dài zhōng guó]

司马迁
sī mǎ qiān

Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì], known as the father of Chinese historiography

乔迁
qiáo qiān

to move (to a superior place)

乔迁之喜
qiáo qiān zhī xǐ

congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!

安土重迁
ān tǔ zhòng qiān

to hate to leave a place where one has lived long

宿迁
sù qiān

Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu

宿迁市
sù qiān shì

Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu

情随事迁
qíng suí shì qiān

feelings change with circumstances (idiom)

搬迁户
bān qiān hù

unit that has moved

时过境迁
shí guò jìng qiān

things change with the passage of time (idiom)

民族大迁徙
mín zú dà qiān xǐ

great migration of peoples

网络迁移
wǎng luò qiān yí

network migration

见异思迁
jiàn yì sī qiān

to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty

调迁
diào qiān

to transfer

超迁
chāo qiān

(literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time

跃迁
yuè qiān

transition

迁入
qiān rù

to move in (to new lodging)

迁安
qiān ān

Qian'an, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

迁安市
qiān ān shì

Qian'an, county-level city in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

迁居
qiān jū

to move (from one residence to another)

迁居移民
qiān jū yí mín

immigration

迁延
qiān yán

long delay

迁怒
qiān nù

to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)

迁怒于人
qiān nù yú rén

to vent one's anger on an innocent party (idiom)

迁西
qiān xī

Qianxi county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

迁西县
qiān xī xiàn

Qianxi county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

迁都
qiān dū

to move the capital (city)

迁离
qiān lí

to move away

迁飞
qiān fēi

to migrate (of birds)

高迁
gāo qiān

promotion (honorific)