"桑田滄海" meaning in Chinese

See 桑田滄海 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

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] Forms: 桑田沧海
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  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 /沧海桑田 [synonym, synonym-of]
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