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Here, we present the idiom 「事過境遷」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Circumstances: situation; change: change. Things have passed and circumstances have changed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shì guò jìng qiān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

si6 gwo3 ging2 chin1

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