渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián
Pinyin

Definition

渤澥桑田
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bó xiè sāng tián
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

桑拿
sāng ná
  1. 1 sauna (loanword)
沧桑
cāng sāng
  1. 1 great changes
  2. 2 ups and downs
  3. 3 vicissitudes
  4. 4 abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cāng hǎi sāng tián]
田
Tián
  1. 1 surname Tian
田亮
Tián Liàng
  1. 1 Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
田园
tián yuán
  1. 1 fields
  2. 2 countryside
  3. 3 rural
  4. 4 bucolic
丹田
dān tián
  1. 1 pubic region
  2. 2 point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
亚利桑那
Yà lì sāng nà
  1. 1 Arizona
亚利桑那州
Yà lì sāng nà zhōu
  1. 1 Arizona
古田
Gǔ tián
  1. 1 Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
哈桑
Hā sāng
  1. 1 Hassan (person name)
  2. 2 Hassan District
坦桑尼亚
Tǎn sāng ní yà
  1. 1 Tanzania
大田
Dà tián
  1. 1 Datian county in Sanming 三明[Sān míng], Fujian
  2. 2 Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhōng qīng nán dào], South Korea
尼桑
Ní sāng
  1. 1 Nissan, Japanese car make (derived from 日產)
山田
Shān tián
  1. 1 Yamada (Japanese surname)
心田
xīn tián
  1. 1 heart (one's innermost being)
成田
Chéng tián
  1. 1 Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
扶桑
Fú sāng
  1. 1 Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
指桑骂槐
zhǐ sāng mà huái
  1. 1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)
本田
Běn tián
  1. 1 Honda (Japanese name)
桑
Sāng
  1. 1 surname Sang

Idioms (9)

失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
指桑骂槐
zhǐ sāng mà huái
  1. 1 lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to make oblique accusations (idiom)
求田问舍
qiú tián wèn shè
  1. 1 lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián
  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
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the transformations of the world
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
  1. 1 Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
砚田之食
yàn tián zhī shí
  1. 1 to make a living by writing (idiom)
蓝田种玉
lán tián zhòng yù
  1. 1 a marriage made in heaven (idiom)

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