曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云

céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún

Definitions

1. there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
2. one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

Child Words of 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云

• 沧 cāng: blue-green or azure (of water)
• 曾 céng: once
• 难 nán: difficult (to...)
• 却 què: but
• 不 bù: no; not so
• 曾 zēng: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
• 是 shì: to be (followed by substantives only)
• 除 chú: to get rid of
• 曾经沧海 céng jīng cāng hǎi: lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
• 不是 bú shi: fault
• 水 shuǐ: water
• 巫 wū: witch
• 海难 hǎi nàn: perils of the sea
• 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 曾经 céng jīng: once
• 难为 nán wei: to bother
• 难 nàn: disaster
• 不是 bù shì: no
• 云 yún: (classical) to say
• 经 jīng: classics
• 巫山 wū shān: Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges
• 海 hǎi: ocean
• 为 wèi: because of
• 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])