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渤澥桑田

bó xiè sāng tián

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 渤澥桑田

(bound form) mulberry tree

(of porridge etc) to become watery

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

field