沧海桑田
cāng​hǎi​sāng​tián

great changes over time

  • created sense approved 沧海桑田/滄海桑田 · cāng​hǎi​sāng​tián · great changes over time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    沧海桑田 / 滄海桑田

    cāng​hǎi​sāng​tián

    great changes over time

    The blue sea turned into mulberry fields; used to describe the immense changes in the world over a long period or the unpredictable nature of life's transformations.

    沧海 (literal) → 沧海/滄海 · cāng​hǎi · the sea 桑田 (literal) → 桑田 · sāng​tián · mulberry field

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense