渤澥桑田

but6 haai5 song1 tin4

lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]{si2 gei3}, Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes · life's vicissitudes

Meanings

  1. lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]{si2 gei3}, Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
  2. life's vicissitudes

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