推移

tuīyí
verb HSK 7 #22,376

Meanings

  1. 1 to elapse; to pass (of time)
  2. 2 to shift gradually

Characters

Literally 'push and shift' — time slowly pushing things forward.

Examples

Suízhe shíjiān de tuīyí, tā jiànjiàn wàng le.
As time passed, he gradually forgot.
Suízhe suìyuè de tuīyí, chéngshì fāshēng le hěn dà de biànhuà.
With the passage of years, the city has changed greatly.

Tips

grammar
推移 almost always appears in the fixed pattern 随着时间推移 (suízhe shíjiān de tuīyí, 'with the passage of time'). It's a literary/formal expression — in casual speech, people just say 时间 (shíjiān cháng le, 'after a long time').

Stroke Order

tuī