time passed by and life changed
Time changes, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is sh í y í sh ì Bi à n, meaning that the times change, the world is not the same. It is the same as "time changes". It comes from the preface to the inscriptions of Li Gongjia temple.
The origin of Idioms
Bai Juyi's preface to inscriptions on Li Gongjia Temple of Huainan Jiedushi in Tang Dynasty: "when Yan Jia was in the dynasty, the times changed, so he came out of Gaoyao and assisted Xunyang."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
Examples
~, social progress is very fast
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: changing times, changing times, changing times
time passed by and life changed
on every stick of wheat are growing two ears - mài xiù liǎng qí
stainless in words but foul indeeds - yán qīng xíng zhuó
all are besotted except one who remained sober - zhòng zuì dú xǐng
To raise the spirits and clear the turbid - jī yáng qīng zhuó