沧海桑田

Traditional: 滄海桑田

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Dictionary entry

lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)

What does 沧海桑田 mean?

沧海桑田 (cāng hǎi sāng tián) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)

2fig. the transformations of the world

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沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green · (literary) cold 海Hǎisurname Hai 桑Sāngsurname Sang 田Tiánsurname Tian

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