lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
trad. 滄海桑田
Also written 滄海桑田【cāng hǎi sāng tián】
Characters in this word
4沧
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(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green, (literary) cold
- Pinyin
- cāng
- Traditional
- 滄
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 23595 of 2500
海
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surname Hai
- Pinyin
- Hǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2637 of 2500
桑
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surname Sang
- Pinyin
- Sāng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8967 of 2500
田
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surname Tian
- Pinyin
- Tián
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10518 of 2500