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

Definiciones

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

Palabras que componen 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云

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