"滄海桑田" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [so̞ːka̠iso̞ːdẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 滄海桑田 [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (かい), (そう), (でん)), sōkaisōden [romanization], saukaisauden [romanization], さうかいさうでん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 滄海 (“vast ocean”) + 桑田 (“mulberry plantations”). Borrowed from Chinese 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián), literally “the blue sea turned into mulberry fields”. Etymology templates: {{com|ja|滄海|桑田|t1=vast ocean|t2=mulberry plantations}} 滄海 (“vast ocean”) + 桑田 (“mulberry plantations”), {{bor|ja|zh|滄海桑田}} Chinese 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|そうかいそうでん|hhira=さうかいさうでん}} 滄(そう)海(かい)桑(そう)田(でん) • (sōkaisōden) ^(←さうかいさうでん (saukaisauden)?)
  1. (figuratively) drastic changes in the world Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Related terms: 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)), 桑田滄海 (sōdensōkai) (ruby: (そう), (でん), (そう), (かい)), 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)), 桑田碧海 (sōdenhekikai) (ruby: (そう), (でん), (へき), (かい)), 滄桑 (sōsō) (ruby: 滄桑(そうそう))

Alternative forms

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