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渤澥桑田

bó xiè sāng tián

Definitionen

1. lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
2. life's vicissitudes

Bestandteilwörter von 渤澥桑田

• 田 田 tián: field
• 桑 桑 sāng: (bound form) mulberry tree
• 渤 渤 bó: same as 渤海[bó hǎi], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong
• 澥 澥 xiè: (of porridge etc) to become watery