渤澥桑田

渤澥桑田
xièsāngtián

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

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    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

    • The sea transforms into mulberry fields, and the affairs of the world shift and change.

  2. noun

    life's vicissitudes

    • The seas transform into mulberry fields, and worldly affairs change with time.

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