移
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to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
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Words with 移
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国移动通信 | China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company) | |
| 移动式电话 | mobile telephone | |
| 江山易改，本性难移 | it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom); you can… | |
| 移动电话 | mobile telephone | |
| 移动性 | mobility | |
| 移山倒海 | lit. to move mountains and drain seas; to transform nature | |
| 本性难移 | It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.; Can th… | |
| 游移不定 | to oscillate without pause (idiom); to fluctuate; (of thoughts) to wander; to waver | |
| 移动电源 | power bank; portable charger | |
| 移花接木 | (lit.) to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom); (fig.) to surreptitiously substitute one thin… | |
| 移民工 | migrant worker | |
| 转移视线 | to shift one's eyes; (fig.) to shift one's attention; to divert attention | |
| 移动式 | mobile | |
| 移民者 | migrant; immigrant | |
| 恶性转移 | (medicine) metastasis | |
| 斗转星移 | lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; … | |
| 星移斗转 | lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved; time flies; … | |
| 高考移民 | students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the coll… | |
| 不移 | steadfast; inalienable | |
| 移动 | to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable |