渤澥桑田

bó xiè sāng tián

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Definitions

  1. 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. 2. life's vicissitudes

Child Words of 渤澥桑田

田
tián

field

桑
sāng

(bound form) mulberry tree

渤
bó

same as 渤海[bó hǎi], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong

澥
xiè

(of porridge etc) to become watery