Chinese word
潜移默化
qián yí mò huà
imperceptible influence
Traditional: 潛移默化
Meaning
Definitions are in English.- imperceptible influence
- to influence secretly
Characters in this word
潜qián15 strokesto hide移yí11 strokesto shift, to move about, to drift默mò16 strokessilent化huà4 strokesto change, to convert, to reform
Common words: 潜 · 移 · 默 · 化
Words
Words with the same first character
潜力qián lìpotential; latent capacity潜在qián zàihidden; potential; latent潜艇qián tǐnga submarine潜水qián shuǐto dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk潜入qián rùto submerge; to infiltrate; to steal into潜伏qián fúto hide; to cover up; to conceal潜能qián néngpotential; hidden capability潜逃qián táoto abscond; to slink off