"桑田滄海" meaning in All languages combined

See 桑田滄海 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: sāngtiáncānghǎi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], sāngtiáncānghǎi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sangtiáncanghǎi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], sang¹-tʻien²-tsʻang¹-hai³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sāng-tyán-tsāng-hǎi [Mandarin, Yale], sangtyantsanghae [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сантяньцанхай [Mandarin, Palladius], santjanʹcanxaj [Mandarin, Palladius], sōng tìhn chōng hói [Cantonese, Yale], song¹ tin⁴ tsong¹ hoi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], song¹ tin⁴ cong¹ hoi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 桑田滄海
  1. Synonym of 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián, “time brings drastic changes to the world; the vicissitudes of life”) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 滄海桑田 [synonym, synonym-of], 沧海桑田 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-桑田滄海-zh-phrase-uXTMTgEk Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Phrase [Japanese]

IPA: [so̞ːdẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ːka̠i] Forms: 桑田滄海 [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (でん), (そう), (かい)), sōdensōkai [romanization], saudensaukai [romanization], さうでんさうかい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Borrowed from Literary Chinese 桑田滄海 (sāngtiáncānghǎi), literally “the mulberry fields turned into blue sea”. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|lzh|桑田滄海}} Literary Chinese 桑田滄海 (sāngtiáncānghǎi) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|そうでんそうかい|hhira=さうでんさうかい}} 桑(そう)田(でん)滄(そう)海(かい) • (sōdensōkai) ^(←さうでんさうかい (saudensaukai)?)
  1. (figuratively) drastic changes in the world Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Related terms: 桑田変じて滄海となる (sōden henjite sōkai to naru) (ruby: (そう), (でん), (へん), (そう), (かい)), 滄海桑田 (sōkaisōden) (ruby: (そう), (かい), (そう), (でん)), 滄海変じて桑田となる (sōkai henjite sōden to naru) (ruby: (そう), (かい), (へん), (そう), (でん)), 桑田碧海 (sōdenhekikai) (ruby: (そう), (でん), (へき), (かい))

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          "へき"
        ],
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          "海",
          "かい"
        ]
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      "word": "桑田碧海"
    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with four Han script characters"
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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      ]
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      "other": "そーでんそーかい"
    },
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      "ipa": "[so̞ːdẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ːka̠i]"
    }
  ],
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}
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