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We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「時易世變」, explained below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「時易世變」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

Times change, and things are different.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shí yì shì biàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si4 yi6 sai3 bin3

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.