沧海桑田 — Chinese idiom
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
Traditional: 滄海桑田
Meaning
- lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields
- fig. the transformations of the world
Character by character
- 沧cāngazure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
- 桑sāngmulberry tree; surname
- 田tiánfield, farm, arable land; cultivated
Idioms sharing a character
- 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi
- 沧海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù
- 沧海遗珠 cāng hǎi yí zhū
- 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā
- 四海飘零 sì hǎi piāo líng
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