céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ, chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
high standards
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云 (曾經滄海難為水,除卻巫山不是雲) céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ, chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
- high standards
- one who has seen the world or reached a high level of expertise is no longer impressed by trivialities or mediocre things
- incomparable
- once one has experienced the greatest or most beautiful things, nothing else can compare or measure up (often used to describe devotion to a lost love)
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