渤澥桑田
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; life's vicissitudes
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- 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
- life's vicissitudes
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Related Words
沧海桑田(cāng hǎi sāng tián)— lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
→民不聊生(mín bù liáo shēng)— The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
→千载难逢(qiān zǎi nán féng)— extremely rare (idiom)
→善始善终(shàn shǐ shàn zhōng)— where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
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