喬遷

乔迁
qiáoqiān
  1. to move (to a superior place)
  2. promotion

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, honorific) to move to a better place; to move to a new house or get a promotion
  2. to move to a better place; to move to a new house or get a promotion

Wiktionary

由低處遷到高處。語本《詩經．小雅．伐木》：「出自幽谷，遷于喬木。」後人因用喬遷為祝賀人升遷或搬家。唐．張籍〈贈殷山人〉詩：「滿堂虛左待，眾目望喬遷。」明．陸采《懷香記．第一六齣》：「官人喬遷到此，遂著你的意了。」也作「遷喬」。

重編國語辭典

搬到更好的地方；搬家或升職

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 喬 qiáo tall
2 遷 qiān
  1. to move
  2. to shift
  3. to change (a position or location etc)
  4. to promote

Containing this entry

喬遷之喜 qiáoqiānzhīxǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
喬遷宴 qiáoqiānyàn

Related entries

倒弄 dǎonong
  1. to move (things around)
  2. to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
倒騰 dǎoteng
  1. to move
  2. to shift
  3. to exchange
  4. to buy and sell
  5. peddling
動 dòng
  1. (of sth) to move
  2. to set in movement
  3. to displace
  4. to touch
  5. to make use of
  6. to stir (emotions)
  7. to alter
  8. abbr. for 動詞 dòngcí, verb
我動不了。

I can't move.

Source: Tatoeba

媻 pán to move
感動 gǎndòng
  1. to move (sb)
  2. to touch (sb emotionally)
  3. moving
情歌感动我。

Love songs move me.

Source: Tatoeba

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