沧海桑田
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
idiom
Traditional: 滄海桑田
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- (idiom) lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
- fig. the transformations of the world
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Related Words
渤澥桑田(bó xiè sāng tián)— lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
→中华仙鹟(Zhōng huá xiān wēng)— (bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
→五彩(wǔ cǎi)— five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
→亮蓝(liàng lán)— bright blue
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