qián yí mò huà

Traditional: 潛移默化

HSK 7–9

潜移默化 (qián yí mò huà) is a Chinese word meaning “imperceptible influence; to influence secretly”.

Meanings

  1. 1imperceptible influence
  2. 2to influence secretly

Characters in 潜移默化

潜qián · hidden移yí · to move默mò · silent化huà · to make into

Related words

变化(intransitive) to change; to vary移动to move转移to shift; to relocate; to transfer化to make into化variant of 花[hua1]移to move文化culture沉默taciturn化学chemistry化妆to put on makeup幽默(loanword) humor移民to immigrate

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