沧海桑田

cānghǎisāngtián

from seas into mulberry fields and from mulberry fields into seas—time brings great changes to the world

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time brings a great change to the worlds

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time brings a great change to the worlds

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cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2

lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom), fig. the transformations of the world

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沧海桑田

cāng hǎi sāng tián

Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields into seas -- time brings great changes to the world.; evanescence of worldly affairs; The sea has changed into a mulberry orchard.; the deep, blue sea and mulberry fields -- many changes in human affairs; What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields -- the world is changing all the time.

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滄海桑田|沧海桑田 [cāng hǎi sāng tián] ► lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) ► fig. the transformations of the world